Virtual NightLife, Vol. 5

Join us for Vol. 5 of Virtual NightLife, the online version of our weekly Thursday night event, for a taste of the outdoors while we’re all mostly indoors. We’re all in(side) this together, so log-on for this experimental nature showcase, streaming live. Schedule (times approximate): 5:06 - Take a short trip to Miami with Coral Morphologic on a tour of the art and science duo’s Coral City Cam, an underwater webcam streaming live from an urban coral reef along PortMiami. 19:05 - It’s a dating app … for ants. Find out how ants look for “love” with the Academy’s Curator of Entomology, “ant guy” Dr. Brian Fisher. 31:25 - [Musical Performance] Melvin Sings! on ukulele 35:39 - Explorer and creator Ariel Waldman shares dispatches from her five-week Antarctic expedition to film microbes living under the ice. 48:25 - REI's Tim Gliebe & Liz Hall shows off some practical (and tasty) camping hacks to use next time you’re sheltering out-of-place. 1:06:02 - [Musical Performance] Relax with a menagerie of fish from Coral City Camera while Melvin Sings! performs a final acoustic song. - - 🙌 Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Support. The Academy’s critical work continues even while our museum doors remain closed. Please consider a donation to https://bit.ly/cas-relief — any amount helps. Thank you! - - The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring, explaining, and sustaining life on Earth. Based in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, it's the only place in the world to house an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum—plus cutting-edge research programs—all under one living roof. Connect with us: • Facebook:   / calacademy   • Twitter:   / calacademy   • Instagram:   / calacademy   • Tumblr:   / heycalacademy