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A box of mounted and labeled iridescent bees.
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Gayle Laird ©2021 California Academy of Sciences
Museum collections hold a wealth of data just waiting to be brought into the digital age.

The Big Bee Project brings natural history collections into the 21st century

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Humpback whale's tail above water against city skyline

Safe Harbor

Life Imitates Mica
Aspens towering into blue sky

From the Soil to the Sky

Inside Stream Ecosystems

Tracking Nitrogen Pollution
illustration of membraneless organelle

Cellular Cleanup

A Confluence of Rare Mutations

All In for the Ocean

Fighting PKD at the Dinner Table
An African elephant and reticulated giraffe

Wildlife’s Worm-Wide Web

A Planetary Sisterhood

Diving into the Data
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