Watching two reindeer in the California Academy of Sciences’ East Gardens on a cloudy day, a child recently asked, “Will they be OK when it rains?” The mother, probably not a spelling bee winner, replied, “Sure, they are reindeers!” Read More
This weekend will bring a slew of bands to San Francisco for the Outside Lands music festival, but you can kick off the festivities one day earlier in Golden Gate Park by visiting the California Academy of Sciences.
Each Thursday, the Academy holds a NightLife event, and this week it will feature musicians that will be playing at Outside Lands. Read More
In 2002, you could have called it a building destined to never happen.
But you wouldn’t have known it Wednesday when public officials held a topping-out ceremony to hail the approaching completion of an office building they called The City’s greenest, the future home of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Read More
Christopher Andrews opened the California Academy of Sciences exhibit “Snakes & Lizards: The Summer of Slither” with the remark: “I’d like everyone to know that snakes are not slimy, dangerous or evil.” Coming from the director of Steinhart Aquarium, a lifelong snake aficionado, it wasn’t surprising. Andrews, after all, shares his office with Balthazar, a 7-foot red-tail boa. Read More
There is a planet, with some evidence of intelligent life, where the still-evolving inhabitants know only 10 percent of the species in their world.
That planet is Earth. Read More
Image of the weekNew life: Will Savill-Welch, 4, looks at two baby chickens at the Spring to Life exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences. The academy estimates that more than 100 eggs will be hatched by the time the exhibit ends May 1.Something to readThe Company We KeepBy Dayna and Robert Baer ($26) Read More
An unseasonable heat wave leading up to the Super Bowl left fans of the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers — and San Franciscans too — feeling the burn.
San Francisco broke its previous high temperature for Feb. 6, recording 77 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Read More
On the eve of famed naturalist Charles Darwin’s birthday, author of the Darwin Awards books and Darwinawards.com founder Wendy Northcutt will make an appearance at the California Academy of Sciences on Thursday. Her six books are a compilation of 600 true stories of how people managed to end their lives. Read More
Since Santa was unavailable, Chris Andrews, the director of the aquarium at the California Academy of Science, handles two reindeer that are part of a live holiday exhibit. Visitors can enjoy indoor snow flurries, an igloo, crafts, a visit from “Santa Claude” the alligator character and other holiday-themed programs through Jan. 2.
Do the reindeer make a lot of noise? They’re capable of making a lot of noise. [But] they’re pretty quiet. Read More
The California Academy of Sciences’ exhibit opening Saturday has an intriguing title: “Extreme Mammals.” Upon reading the show’s lengthy subtitle, it will become clear that it’s not about teenagers pursuing sports.
No, what we have are “The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time.” Still a bit hazy? Take the Macrauchenia. Please. Read More
