Morrison Planetarium is the largest all-digital dome in the world. With a state-of-the art projector, visitors have an unparalleled view of the universe.

This is a recurring event. Check the daily calendar for more schedule information. Kids ages 4-8 will love becoming penguin pros with 12+ hands-on activities organized by days of the week.

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, ...

The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am. 10 a.m. Enjoy tea and a “performance” where a living plant’s electrical rhythms transform into music.

Go with the glow From fluorescent corals and anemones to bioluminescent flashlight fish, animals in the twilight zone use specialized strategies to communicate, feed, and reproduce in the dark. Run ...

Dónde la música y la memoria se encuentran. Join us for our fourth annual Día de los Muertos celebration, una noche en Michoacán, honoring tradition through art, music, and community. Gather with us ...

Scaffolds to help students create their plans Tips for more open-ended investigations An example story from a real classroom Because we know teachers appreciate seeing the results of using these ...

On the day after Thanksgiving 2011, Academy Ornithology and Mammalogy Collections Manager Moe Flannery’s phone rang: A dead orca had been reported washed up on a beach at Point Reyes National Seashore ...

We are making additions to: Van der Laan, R., W. N. Eschmeyer & R. Fricke 2014 (11 Nov.), Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa Monograph 3882 (1), 1-230. DOI ...

The Department of Ichthyology houses one of the largest and most important research collections of its kind in the world. There are over 200,000 cataloged lots (jars) containing roughly 1.6 million ...

(9-12) As matter and energy flow through different organizational levels of living systems, chemical elements are recombined in different ways to form different products. As a result of these chemical ...

Mandarin dragonets live in the western Pacific Ocean, from Hong Kong down to Australia. (Laos and the Federated States of Micronesia have both paid them tribute on postage stamps.) The species has not ...