The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, ...

Teacher Tip: In this portion of the lesson, you will be drawing the coral polyp anatomy on the board while your students build their edible polyp. The TEACHER GUIDE shows what to draw on the board ...

Living Worlds for Educators What forms might life take in the Solar System and beyond? In the Academy’s newest original planetarium show, see how a deeper understanding of Earth might help us locate ...

Class Myxini Order Myxiniformes Family Myxinidae Rafinesque 1815 (hagfishes) Subfamily Rubicundinae Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini et al.

Santa Claude is comin’ to town! Whether you’re hunting for the perfect gift for loved ones or just want to treat yourself, sip on a cocktail and shop your heart away at our merry marketplace. Support ...

The Academy's herpetology collection began in 1853 with a single Galápagos tortoise shell. It has since grown to be the 6th largest reptile and amphibian collection in the world and serves as an ...

Established in 1914, Invertebrate Zoology is one of the oldest departments in the Academy, representing more than 160 years of scientific research. In combining with the Department of Geology in 1982, ...

A returning favorite from the original Steinhart Aquarium, the Swamp is best known as the home of Claude, the startlingly white Alligator mississippiensis that's become one of the Academy's ...

Academy biologists regularly conduct in-water training and enrichment exercises with our resident rays—which is why human feet occasionally make a webcam cameo. The rays eat clam tongue, prawns, squid ...

Based at the Academy in San Francisco, the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability (IBSS) is at the forefront of efforts to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and ...

elongated skull with small brain case face and jaws that jut out from the brain case shoulder blades and joints that are suited for climbing trees long arms and hands with curved fingers Lucy and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 15, 2022) — California now has two new scorpions on its list of species, thanks to the efforts of two keen-eyed high school students from the Bay Area and the California ...