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 ...

Participants will conduct research with their chosen advisor on a project relating to the discipline of the advisor and student. The program begins with a week-long field trip to the University of ...

Careers in Science interns collect and document a variety of species, including plants from the their own backyard, Golden Gate Park!

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, ...

At a Penguins+Pajamas Sleepover, the adventure begins well before bedtime—and continues the next day. Spark your young science-lover's imagination by exploring our exhibits after hours. Go stargazing ...

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

Today's post is Science Today's last. Thanks for joining us these past eight years! Ring in the New Year with a couple of comets and a megamaser. Plus, we remember astrophysicist Vera Rubin.

Academy Research Associate Zeray Alemseged leads the annual Dikika Research Project (DRP) expeditions. For the past 12 years, he's taken international teams of researchers—specializing in ...

Give students an opportunity to imagine how or what they’d like to investigate next. This line of thinking reinforces the fact that science is never finished – it’s an ongoing and iterative process.

Technically, earthworms are not insects, but you may find them, too!

When you are the facilitator, the responsibility of focusing everyone’s attention on the session’s topic and setting the tone for the professional development (PD) starts as soon as the first ...

Although we make every attempt to provide reliable taxonomic, biological, distribution and ecological data, we cannot guarantee the absolute accuracy of these data. Identifications are provisional and ...