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Academy biologist Adriana takes us behind the scenes of raising Gouldian finch chicks. (Note: These birds may be getting more protein than you are.)

Last week, our Summer Systematics Institute interns presented their research posters at the SACNAS #2024NDiSTEM conference in Phoenix. 2 of our students, Keily and Dylan, took home awards for their posters! 🏆 Congrats to all of our interns! (Including the ones that used more than 3 words.)

Pinyon jay populations are declining drastically throughout the SW — despite living in an ecosystem that spans 100+ million acres. Learn more about the relationship between a little bird & its favorite pinecone in bioGraphic here: bit.ly/3AjWxYe 📷: Christina Selby

As the days get shorter and the jackets warmer, stop by Cal Academy to slow down, touch grass, and say hello to (all 60,000 of) your closest friends.

Join us TONIGHT, 11/21, for a special NightLife centered on making and taking space as we celebrate fat liberation and community. Listen in on a thought-provoking discussion, shop a plus-size marketplace, join a fat-positive dance workshop, and more. Tix: bit.ly/40Pcoch

What would really happen if you filled the Roman Colosseum with great white sharks? We called Steinhart Aquarium director Bart Shepherd, on his vacation, to break down *that* scene from “Gladiator II.” (It did not go as expected.) 🦈🔱💯 California Academy of Sciences sfchronicle.com/totalsf/articl…

Low tides are coming, and it’s the best time of the year to go tide pooling! Use our app, bit.ly/TideFinder, to see when your nearby coastlines will be most navigable, and upload any photos you take to iNaturalist, to help with our #SolsticeSeaStarSearch 🌊🪸🐚⭐🧪

This seagull definitely heard we’re looking for sea stars this month… All iNaturalist observations of CA sea stars count towards the 2024 Solstice Sea Star Search, but maybe avoid replicating this bird’s invasive approach. More at bit.ly/seastar24 © Ellyne Geurts

As the temperatures drop, we know it’s harder to get out of your warm bed (or chrysalis). However, visiting our white morphos in the 85°F climate-controlled Osher rainforest might be worth venturing out into the cold.

Last Valentine’s Day, we teamed up with the Aquarium of the Pacific, California Academy of Sciences, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and the Sunflower Star Laboratory to achieve an extraordinary conservation milestone: the successful spawning of #SunflowerSeaStars! ⭐ Check out our work featured in National Geographic ⬇️ nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…