Each of the winning images in the BigPicture: Natural World Photography exhibition enshrines a fleeting moment on Earth that might otherwise escape our attention. Visit the exhibition at the Academy ...

Sea slugs are spectacular tidepool treasures—and we need your help finding them! This May, share your sea slug observations during the Sea Slug Search to help fill data gaps and deepen our ...

“The Forest Of The Monarchs,” a photo of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico, taken by National Geographic Explorer Jaime Rojo won the 2024 BigPicture Grand Prize.

Harriet Exline Frizzell was born in Walla Walla, Washington, on May 8, 1909. In 1930, she graduated from Reed College with her BS in biology, then earned an MS in zoology from the University of ...

“Most frog biologists do everything in the dark,” says Rayna Bell. This is more of a necessity than a preference, thanks to the nocturnal dispositions of the amphibians she studies. Whether she’s ...

Teacher Tip: For any of our videos, you can click the Settings cog in the YouTube footer to adjust the Quality to up to 1080HD, and you can also toggle on Full Screen. You can also select Closed ...

Although careful, meticulous observation is often underrated, Rich Mooi has built a career on his attention to detail. For more than 30 years, Mooi has been steadily filling in and building onto the ...

All life on Earth is part of a complex web of connections within and across ecosystems. Humans are inhabitants of a global ecosystem; biological networks intersect with those built by humans. Earth's ...

When it comes to insects and flies, the old “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” adage is a good descriptor of how one-time art student Michelle Trautwein first fell for entomology. “I was just ...

Planet home “In Habitat Earth," says Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium, "we’re advancing the boundaries of traditional planetarium content, which focuses primarily on astronomy and space." ...

The Genera are updated from Eschmeyer's 1990 Genera of Recent Fishes. Both genera and species are listed in a classification using recent taxonomic schemes. Also included are a lengthy list of museum ...

Bob Drewes is living proof that you can turn your childhood passions into a lifelong career. Drewes was born and raised about a mile from Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park. Throughout his ...