A full day of exploration awaits at Cal Academy! Come face-to-face with 13 life-size dinosaurs, marvel at glowing fish, dig for fossils, and step inside a deep-sea submersible. Don’t miss Dino Days and Unseen Oceans—2 new exhibits, 1 epic experience. Get your tickets today. | California Academy of Sciences

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Doing its part to keep holiday spirits bright, meet the peppermint angelfish — a rare resident of deep, mesophotic reefs in the Pacific Ocean, but hello-able anytime in our Steinhart Aquarium.🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴 | California Academy of Sciences

4.8K reactions · 672 shares | Now here's a fish that *definitely* knows its angles! The sailfin sculpin, aka Steinhart Aquarium's Next Top Model, waves that massive dorsal fin to help it replicate the movement of seaweed in its habitat. | California Academy of Sciences | Facebook

3.9K reactions · 597 shares | Here comes cute! Well, sort of. They squeak when threatened, and females deliver a painful sting — meet the velvet ant (actually a kind of wasp, but you can see where the common name comes from). | California Academy of Sciences | Facebook