California Academy of Sciences Archives

Science academy added 200 newly discovered species

December 13, 2018

The California Academy of Sciences added 229 descriptions of plant and animal species in 2018 that had never been described before. The species, covering five continents and three oceans, include 120 wasps, 34 sea slugs, …

California academy added 85 new species in 2017

December 22, 2017

Add these to your 12 days of Christmas list. Thirteen nudibranchs, seven spiders, three new scorpions and a shrew with a really big nose. These are some of the 85 newly identified plant and animal …