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The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. [3] The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. [4]
California Academy of Sciences: Joseph Bruno Slowinski; Contemporary Herpetology: In Memory of Joseph B. Slowinski; Frogweb – People – Slowinski, J.B. Detailed account of J.Slowinski's death via krait bite Archived 2020-05-27 at the Wayback Machine; Striking Beauties: Venomous Snakes at California Wild. Accessed 27 July 2007.
Claude (hatched September 15, 1995) is an albino alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, United States. Claude lacks the pigment melanin, resulting in colorless skin, and he has poor eyesight associated with his albinism.
As an artist-in-residence at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Wagner constructed massive photographic panels composed of the plants and insects that inhabited the San Francisco Bay Area 300 million years ago. Of this work, Hearne Pardee writes, "Wagner elevates sensory pleasure to an aesthetic plane by insisting on the work ...
California Department of Education lobby installation by artist Jud Fine [64] Salinas: Hartnell College: San Diego: San Diego Natural History Museum: 12.4 m (est.) 235 lb (106.6 kg) 7 s (estimate) San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences: 30 ft (9.14 m) 235 lb (106.6 kg) 6.1 s San Francisco: Calico Labs: San Jose: Rosicrucian Egyptian ...
He is the curator and chairman of the entomology department of the California Academy of Sciences. Fisher is also the present executive director of the Bibikely Biodiversity Institute and the Madagascar Biodiversity Center. In 2002, Fisher created AntWeb, a database of ants. It costed US$30,000 to create. [3]
Slevin was born in San Francisco, California, and attended St. Ignatius High School. His father, Thomas E. Slevin, was an amateur ornithologist and member of the California Academy of Sciences. Joseph studied classical languages [1] at Saint Mary's College in Kansas, then enlisted in the United States Navy.
Lewis Parsons Hobart (January 14, 1873 – October 19, 1954) was an American architect, whose designs included San Francisco's Grace Cathedral and Macy's Union Square, several California Academy of Sciences buildings, [1] and the 511 Federal Building in Portland, Oregon.