California Academy of Sciences

Daily Events

Ongoing Free with Academy Admission

Penguin Feeding Daily at 10:30 am & 3:30 pm. The Academy’s African penguins are always especially animated during meal time. Watch the birds dip and dive in their new tank at the end of African Hall as a biologist dons a wet suit and hands out vitamin-stuffed herring and capelin. Each feeding takes 10 minutes, and questions are encouraged. Free with Academy admission.

CORAL REEF DIVES Daily at 11:30 am & 2:30 pm Watch as a diver suits up in SCUBA gear and plunges into the world’s deepest living coral reef exhibit. Outfitted with an underwater microphone, the diver will answer all of your reef-related questions. Free with Academy admission.

SWAMP TALK Weekdays at 1:00 pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm Join us at the Swamp to learn about some of the Academy’s most popular animals, including the albino alligator and the alligator snapping turtles. You’ll find out what it takes to care for these amazing creatures, which are native to swamps in the southeastern United States. Free with Academy admission.

LIVE BIRDS OF PREY Daily at 2:00 pm The California Academy of Sciences is home to some new feathered residents— a Barn Owl, a Swainson’s Hawk, and a Turkey Vulture. If you visit their enclosure in the West Gardens, you may be able to get a peek at these magnificent raptors, or even see a Biologist providing their daily care. As conditions permit, birds will be brought out for visitors to see on a daily basis.

For more information please visit California Academy of Sciences Web site.