Venus begins a season-long absence from the sky, hidden by the glow of the Sun as it slowly passes behind our star, not returning to our view until August. It reaches superior conjunction on June 4, ...

2019 SSI interns at the Pepperwood Preserve. Gain hands-on experience while working alongside renowned scientists—and jump-start your career in natural sciences research—with a nine-week, museum-based ...

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, ...

Lush and green, hot and humid—Earth in the days of the dinosaurs teemed with plant life. Even the North and South Poles were covered with forests! Some prehistoric species are ancestors of modern-day ...

Thu May 15 at 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm, 9:30 pm - Planetarium Representation of the Thunderbird and Gila Monster by Melvin Bainbridge, via the One Sky Project.

All creatures great and small (and spineless) have a friend in Freeland Dunker, who retired this month after 17 years as the Academy’s senior veterinarian. We’re celebrating World Veterinary Day on ...

H. sagamius lives in the Pacific Ocean at depths of 2,000 to 3,300 feet, where sunlight doesn't penetrate. Food is scarce in the deep, and chance encounters in total darkness are rare, so the ...

It was a spectacular night of science, live music, tasty treats, open bar with craft cocktails, and much more—all in support of the Academy’s mission to regenerate the natural world. Attendees enjoyed ...

Come face-to-face with a T. rex—then explore the bottom of the ocean. Pilot a high-tech submersible—and then dig for dinosaur fossils. At the Academy, prehistoric excitement and deep-sea discoveries ...

The gravitational lensing of the quasar known as RX J1131-1231 is considered one of the best lensed quasars discovered to date. The foreground galaxy smears the image of the background quasar into a ...

Steinhart Aquarium’s colony of African penguins can be found at the end of Tusher African Hall. A colony of 15 – 18 African penguins can be viewed through a window that is 26 feet wide and 16 feet ...

Children’s Puppet Theater: Choose Your Own Sauropod Adventure Daily, 11:00 am Science Today Station Choose your own adventure! Join this exciting stage program where your choices determine what ...