We lost our dear Claude a week ago, and there are still no words. Luckily, there are plenty of pictures. Enjoy.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 2, 2025) — It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude was an iconic California ...

Says lead author Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada: “The question of how many species exist has intrigued scientists for centuries and the answer, ...

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. We thank our community and animal care team for loving Claude so fiercely ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 26, 2025) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences and partners rediscovered a presumed-extinct black stony coral species in the Galápagos—its first sighting in 24 ...

The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. Based in San ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 5, 2025) — The 10th annual City Nature Challenge global bioblitz has concluded, yielding more than 3.3 million wildlife observations for another record-breaking year. Over the ...

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 (August 15, 2022) — California now has two new scorpions on its list of species, thanks to the efforts of two keen-eyed high school students from the Bay Area and the California ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 17, 2025) —More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans, and beneath the surface lies a hidden world. In Unseen Oceans, a new exhibition on view at the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 25, 2025) — A new study of coyote movement patterns published today in Ecology Letters challenges previous research that suggests ecological landscape features—like the ...