SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 16, 2025) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences recently traveled to Guam to retrieve valuable data collected over nearly a decade in deep coral reefs (>330 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 7, 2026) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new animal, plant, and fungi species in 2025, enriching scientists’ understanding of Earth’s ...

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

Research staff in the Academy's Ornithology and Mammalogy Department are working to answer fascinating and challenging questions about birds and mammals. Through field research, morphological ...

To learn more about sharks visit your local library, the web, such as The International Shark Attack File (ISAF), and natural history museums and aquariums. The following publications are useful for ...

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I can’t quite pinpoint how or when I first learned about sea slugs— it may have been an IMAX movie, or it may have resulted from having a dive buddy who was an underwater photographer and sea slug ...

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 ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 2, 2025) — It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude was an iconic California ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 18, 2025) — Academy researchers and partners made the first discovery of both a new genus and species of plant in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years. The ...