NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences

Missed last night's NightSchool: Women in Science and the enlightening, enthusiastic conversations about natural history collections, scientific diving, environmental justice, and different pathways into the science field? No worries, you can watch it right here on our YouTube channel: bit.ly/3rz1zGq

Look upon the face of this jack inside the bell of a jelly and tremble! (Though this jack is likely just a juvenile and will leave the jelly when it gets older.) This is just one of the frightening imageslanternfish and cookiecutter sharks includedthat photographer, author, & blackwater diver Jeff Milisen will share this Thursday during Virtual NightLife: Creatures of the Night. bit.ly/3m5Dowr

Perhaps you've seen illustrator Franz Anthony's gorgeous, colorful plate of fossil cephalopods? If not, feast your eyes on it now. During this Thursday's NightSchool: The Fossil Record, Franz will join us to talk about paleoart and how he illustrates squishy animals using only records of their hard shells. bit.ly/3jkPSyu

"Structural racism quite literally influences the ecology of our cities & dictates what organisms are going to be where. To that point, if we consider this, we need to consider environmental justice & anti-racism as modes of urban conservationperhaps the most important modes of urban conservation& sustainability." If NightSchool was a real school & we could assign you things, we'd assign you Dr. Christopher Schell's talk from last night's session. Watch it here: bit.ly/3k5COyl

This Thursday on NightSchool: pigeons, frogs, & carnivores in the big city, OR, all about urban ecology and how our cities are shaping wildlife. Watch live at 7pm PT with scientists Liz Carlen (NYC), Max Lambert (Berkeley), & Christopher Schell (Tacoma). We're really looking forward to this one: bit.ly/33X5vHY

Did you miss yesterday's NightSchool about astronomy in Chile? Then you missed Luis Chavarría, Head of Astronomy for the country's National Agency for Research & Development, hugging the "sun" (plus fantastic time-lapses, a greatest hits of recent astronomy discoveries, & more!) Watch it now: bit.ly/34F828W

This is the ALMA Observatory, located at 16,404 ft. elevation in Chile's Atacama Desert. It's comprised of 66 radio telescopes that can act as one big eye, staring into the most remote reaches of the Universe, night and day. Tomorrow night during NightSchool: Astronomy in Chile, we'll learn more about why Chile is such an incredible place to view the cosmos: bit.ly/3iFrSpw

Tonight at Virtual NightLife: Sharktoberfest, we'll bring the shark science, you BYOB. To help you with that, Fort Point Beer Company is now offering 2-HOUR DELIVERY in SF. Grab some Sfizio, Cool, & Animal for your household & do virtual tastings with us, Fort Point's head brewer Mike, and some scientists. Let's try it! Get it here: bit.ly/3jzgih7

It's Sharktober, which means it's time to celebrate sharks and beer. This year for Virtual NightLife: Sharktoberfest, we're trying out something new: virtual beer tastings with Fort Point Beer Company. Grab six-packs of Sfizio, Cool, and Animal before the showFort Point head brewer Mike will be popping in between shark talks to guide you through some tastings. Tune in on Thursday @ 7pm PT: bit.ly/2H5oLKh

Did you know sea otters historically lived in the San Francisco Bay? Tonight, during NightSchool: Sea Otters & the Bay you'll learn about the history of this charismatic& ecologically importantmarine mammal, and hopes for its expansion back into its historic range along California's northern coast. Learn more at Sea Otter Savvy and tune in at 7pm PT tonight right here: bit.ly/2QuiklI