NerdsforNature.org - Nightlife @ the California Academy of Sciences (3.6.14)

Ready to do some fieldwork? The California Academy of Sciences is home to bountiful magnificent plants and animals... many are elusive and rare in the wild. See if you can level up on your scientific observation skills by finding and reporting all of following species.

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island alumroot ¹
Heuchera maxima

Giant pacific octopus ²
Enteroctopus dofleini

Caligo memnon ³

Dwarf surfperch
Micrometrus minimus

California fescue ⁴
Festuca californica

Coast Dudleya ⁵
Dudleya caespitosa

Lupinus nanus nanus

Dwarf Cuttlefish ⁶
Sepia bandensis

African Penguin ⁷
Spheniscus demersus

redtail catfish ⁸
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

Scarlet Monkeyflower ⁹
Mimulus cardinalis

Orange Cup Coral ¹⁰
Balanophyllia elegans

Centralian Carpet Python
Morelia bredli

Cobalt Blue Tarantula ¹¹
Haplopelma lividum

Leafy Seadragon ¹²
Phycodurus eques

Bat Star ¹³
Patiria miniata

Pacific Sea Nettle ¹⁴
Chrysaora fuscescens

Dart Poison Frog ¹⁵
Dendrobates auratus

Saffron Finch ¹⁶
Sicalis flaveola

Brachydanio rerio

Orange-barred Sulphur ¹⁷
Phoebis philea

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NerdsforNature.org - Nightlife @ the California Academy of Sciences (3.6.14)

island alumroot 1 Heuchera maxima

Giant pacific octopus 2 Enteroctopus dofleini

Caligo memnon 3

Dwarf surfperch Micrometrus minimus

California fescue 4 Festuca californica

Coast Dudleya 5 Dudleya caespitosa

Lupinus nanus nanus

Dwarf Cuttlefish 6 Sepia bandensis

African Penguin 7 Spheniscus demersus

redtail catfish 8 Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

Scarlet Monkeyflower 9 Mimulus cardinalis

Orange Cup Coral 10 Balanophyllia elegans

Centralian Carpet Python Morelia bredli

Cobalt Blue Tarantula 11 Haplopelma lividum

Leafy Seadragon 12 Phycodurus eques

Bat Star 13 Patiria miniata

Pacific Sea Nettle 14 Chrysaora fuscescens

Dart Poison Frog 15 Dendrobates auratus

Saffron Finch 16 Sicalis flaveola