California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, CA
This Native American Heritage Month, discover the age-old, ecologically important tradition of cultural burning with the North Fork Mono Tribe. The California Academy of Sciences is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration.
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - California Academy of Sciences
Next. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - version of 4 Sep 2024 (Continually updated since the early 1980s, around the turn of the month.) In this edition, we provide 255 new species in 2024. In 2023 there were 350 new species described. We record 36,953 valid fish species, including 18,793 valid fish species with the tag ‘Habitat: freshwater’.
NightLife - California Academy of Sciences
NightLife is every* Thursday from 6-10 pm. Last entry into the building is 9 pm. All guests must be 21+ with valid, physical photo ID. *Well, *almost* every Thursday. We hibernate for the holidays from mid-December through early-January, and there are a couple other NightLife-less Thursdays during the year due to other events in the building.
Reversing Ocean Acidification - California Academy of Sciences
Coral reefs are particularly vulnerable to this ocean acidification process, because reef architecture is built by the accretion of calcium carbonate (a process called calcification), which becomes increasingly difficult as acid concentrations increase and the surrounding water’s pH decreases. (For more on this process, check out this video.)
Four Reasons to Vote Yes on Prop 4 - California Academy of …
The problem: Decades of aggressive fire suppression combined with a warming climate mean California’s wildfires burn longer, faster, and with greater intensity than ever before, with devastating impacts on nearby communities, public health, forest ecosystems, and first responders. The solution: Prop 4 includes $1.5 billion for building firebreaks and defensible space around populated areas ...
AmphibiaWeb - California Academy of Sciences
This week, UC Berkeley announced the amazing growth of its project, AmphibiaWeb, an online catalogue of the world’s amphibians created to encourage more field monitoring and lab studies of the threatened animals. David Wake, an Academy fellow from UC Berkeley, started the project in 2000 because amphibians were declining at a terrifying rate ...
NightLife: Fright NightLife - California Academy of Sciences
NightLife is for adults 21+ only. Valid, physical photo ID required. Last entry into Osher Rainforest is 7:30 pm — our animals need their sleep. Morrison Planetarium passes are available online in advance for $5 each while supplies last. Showtimes are 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 pm. A limited number of standby seats will be available for all ...
It’s Alive! Our Corpse Flower Is Blooming
Feb 22, 2024 · Corpse flowers (Amorphophallus titanum) are related to peace lilies, Monstera, Anthuriums, Philodendrons, and other aroids, and are the largest unbranched inflorescence (aka, group of smaller flowers acting as one) in the plant kingdom.Native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, corpse flowers are listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, with less than 1,000 individuals remaining in their ...
4th & 5th Grade Science Lesson Plans - California Academy of …
Science Lesson Plans for 4th and 5th Grade. Here you'll find a curated collection of science lesson plans for 4th and 5th grade. Many of our activities list connections to Next Generation Science Standards. Anoushka Takla's fourth graders seek to answer the question: "What happens to our trash over time?"
California Academy of Sciences Reveals Age of World’s Oldest …
Sep 18, 2023 · SAN FRANCISCO, CA (September 18, 2023)— The California Academy of Sciences is excited to reveal the age of beloved Australian lungfish Methuselah (Neoceratodus forsteri), the oldest living fish in an aquarium anywhere in the world.Cutting-edge DNA analysis led by Dr. Ben Mayne of CSIRO and Dr. David T. Roberts of Seqwater estimated Methuselah’s age to be 93 (± 9 years), older than her ...