We chose biodiversity as the focus of our first course with Khan Academy not only because it is so relevant to our institutional mission, but also because biodiversity is literally the stuff of life.
P. punctata is native to the South West Pacific, from Australia to Japan, but it has a well-documented history of invasion. Today, there are known populations of white-spotted jellyfish in Hawaii, ...
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 25 feet deep, the Philippine Coral Reef tank is one of the deepest and largest indoor display of living coral in the world. Under the surface, hundreds of fish mingle with eels, anemones, starfish, ...
Brian Fisher, the California Academy of Science's renowned entomologist, reveals there are 22,000 species of ants populating the earth. “Our ability to dig deeper into their hidden world can shed ...
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 ...
The Moon and Earth are virtually the same distance from the Sun, but their surface temperatures can be VERY different. The Moon experiences much more extreme temperature variations between the lunar ...