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 ...

This is a recurring event. Check the daily calendar for more schedule information. Planetarium shows are included with admission, but capacity is limited for the safety of our guests and staff.

The Academy’s iconic Living Roof is more than a beautiful architectural feature; it's critical to the building’s heating and cooling efficiency. The six inches of soil substrate on the roof acts as ...

"No man is an island.” This saying is also true for organisms in an ecosystem. No organism exists in isolation. Individual organisms live together in an ecosystem and depend on one another. In fact, ...

This is a recurring event. Check the daily calendar for more schedule information.

Make observations of how glaciers have changed over time, interpret graphs of Arctic sea ice extent for different years, and fly through and around the cryosphere on a Google Earth virtual globe. The ...

An interactive storytime about how humans are connected to each other and the natural world. Daily, 10:15 a.m. Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. Daily, ...

This post is part of Exploring Earthquakes, a rich collection of resources co-presented by the California Academy of Sciences and KQED. This material is also available as a free iBooks textbook and ...

Humanity is connected to our oceans. Half a billion people rely on coral reefs for food and income. But reefs provide more than food. They also provide protection. Healthy reefs protect land from the ...

This easy-to-read, interactive toolkit is organized into three main sections: Learn, Act, and Extend. Access this toolkit from any computer or mobile device, including a tablet or smartphone. Download ...

Get a window into the day-to-day behaviors of splashing African penguins, graceful stingrays, and the riot of colorful fishes in our Philippine Coral Reef tank by tuning into one of three in-house ...

Students will explore tectonic plate boundaries and different types of seismic waves generated by earthquakes.