Cal Academy opens at 9:30 a.m. Mon.–Sat. and 11 a.m. Sun. 10:30 a.m. Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. Daily, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. 11:15 a.m. Observe your ...

The California Academy of Sciences is a science museum—and scientific and educational institution—located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

The Academy is conveniently located within 10 minutes of four MUNI bus and Metro lines, listed below in order of nearest to farthest from our main entrance. Go green, ride MUNI! Biking in and around ...

Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon was born on September 3, 1836 in New Gloucester, Maine. At a young age, she dealt with the tragedy of her mother’s death. Therefore, she had a stronger connection with her ...

We're bringing you classic art forms in an unexpected setting. It's an elevated crossover of the symphony, opera, and ballet, brought to you by the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center.

A drawing of a Steller's sea cow, an extinct marine megaherbivore. (Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) If you are a journalist and would like to receive Academy press ...

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 ...

McGuire and his Berkeley colleague, Robert Dudley, published a paper last week on the extreme evolution of hummingbirds. It’s an amazing tale that takes the small birds from one continent to another ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 20, 2022) — In 2022, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 146 new animal, plant, and fungi species to the tree of life, enriching our understanding of ...

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 ...

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“The Permian-Triassic extinction serves as a model for studying biodiversity loss on our planet today,” says Academy Curator of Geology Peter Roopnarine, PhD. “In this study, we determined that ...