The Academy's Summer Systematics Institute is an eight-week paid research internship for undergraduates interested in natural science. Learn more today!

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 21, 2025) — The California Academy of Sciences and partners at The Marine Mammal Center can confirm the unfortunate news that 24 whales have died in the wider San Francisco Bay ...

Are we alone in the universe? A future NASA mission will explore Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system.

Our Biological Illustration internship allows undergrads to work with Academy scientists while creating scientific illustrations of biological specimens.

Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, 10:30 a.m.

The Shake House transports you back in time to 1989 and 1906, when two devastating earthquakes along the San Andreas shook the San Francisco Bay Area and changed the face of our region forever. By ...

Trash or treasure? Roll up your sleeves with local artists, makers & changemakers focused on creative reuse.

When the lights dim, the museum comes alive at NightLife. With live DJs, hand-crafted drinks, glowing lights, and 60,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude, our alligator with albinism ...