We're mobilizing community scientists across California to monitor El Niño's impact on our environment. Through May 2027, take part in El Niño Watch by sharing your coastal wildlife observations on ...

Faults are fractures in Earth’s crust where movement has occurred. Sometimes faults move when energy is released from a sudden slip of the rocks on either side. Most earthquakes occur along plate ...

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The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. 10 a.m. Enjoy tea and a “performance” where a living plant’s electrical rhythms transform into music.

“The Philippines is jam-packed with diverse and threatened species—it’s one of the most astounding regions of biodiversity on Earth,” says Terry Gosliner, PhD, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology ...

“We are delighted to welcome Jim Gohary to the Academy as we gain momentum on our mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration,” said Academy Executive Director ...

Raise a goblet, don thy finest garb, and make haste: A night of revelry and merriment awaits thee at California Academy of Sciences. Gather yer crewe and step back into ye olde good times, featuring ...

The great San Francisco earthquake struck on Wednesday, April 18, 1906 at 5:12 am, with the offshore epicenter about 3 km (2 mi) south of the city. It ruptured 477 km (296 mi) along the San Andreas ...

Sea star wasting disease decimated sea star populations along the entire West Coast between 2013 and 2014, hitting sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides), giant pink sea stars (Pisaster ...

Who can apply for a field trip? School Field Trips are available for formal California school groups of students in grades pre-K through 12, including preschool, attending with their classroom teacher ...

The sunset moth is as brilliantly colored as a butterfly. Explore the tiny scales that give this moth its radiant hues.

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 ...