Science is a lot more MacGyver than Mr. Wizard. Yes, there are test tubes and pipettes and obscure units of measurement, but there is also swashbuckling on the high seas, breathtaking displays of ...

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

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

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 ...

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

At 25 feet deep, the Philippine Coral Reef tank is one of the deepest and largest indoor display of living coral in the world. Under the surface, hundreds of fish mingle with eels, anemones, starfish, ...

Members are invited to this exclusive talk, Sex is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary, with biological anthropologist Agustín Fuentes.