California's forests inspire awe and engage our senses. Meet a mounted specimen of Monarch, one of California's last grizzly bears; marvel at a mammoth cross-section of a redwood tree; view virtual ...

Planetarium shows are included with Daytime Admission, but capacity is limited for the safety of our guests and staff. Reservations are required and are available on a first-come, first-served basis: ...

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, ...

Phase II of Hope for Reefs is underway!See how we'll be scaling up our work over the next five years.. Hope for Reefs is a global initiative led by the California Academy of Sciences to research and ...

Teacher tip: Start this activity by making sure students have washed their hands. They will have the option to eat their cookies later. Pass out the cookies, plates, and one Cookie Mining Worksheet ...

VIP Tours Daily, 10 and 11 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. For ages 8+ Public: $26.95 plus Daytime Admission Members: $21.56 (discount applied after login) ...

Glow Below: A Flashlight Fish Show Daily; 1:00 p.m. Piazza. Have you ever wanted to transform into another animal? Join us for this imaginative program where the audience imagines what it would be ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 19, 2024) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences described 138 new animal, plant, and fungi species in 2024, enriching our understanding of Earth’s ...

Through the generous support of The Bernard Osher Foundation, the Osher Fellows program attracts “thinkers-in-residence” from the fields of science, art, design, and policy. Working in collaboration ...

Close Think globally. Give locally. Ticket and membership sales alone can't sustain our 60,000 animals. But by making a gift today, you can make all the difference in the world.

How do guests enter the Academy? Guests still enter the Academy at our main entrance at 55 Music Concourse Drive, but additional health and safety measures are in place to protect guests and staff.

All major taxonomic groups are well represented in the collection, but several areas of particular merit further description: Embiidina, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera/Homoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, ...