World Oceans Nightlife

Celebrate our blue planet in honor of World Oceans Day.  Meet experts on plastic pollution and ocean conservation from 5 Gyres and other organizations, and see renowned dance troupe Capacitor perform a piece called "Okeanos" in the piazza.  Enjoy ocean images by Visuals by 3. Music by DJ Jeff Stallings & saxophonist B. McKee.

Snakes and Lizards, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

Located in the Forum, this exhibit features over 60 live snakes and lizards (collectively known as squamates) from five continents! Snakes & Lizards explores squamate evolution, locomotion, predation, and more. Before entering the Forum, strike a pose with our larger than life green chameleon and watch videos of how the Academy's husbandry team cares for squamates. 

The biggest living snake is the green anaconda which grows to over 25 ft (8m). Don't miss Edge Innovations' animatronic robotic snake, from the movie Anaconda, which is 40 ft (12 m)! You can see the snake in the Piazza. However, Hollywood's anaconda doesn't live up to the biggest known snake, Titanoboa, which was 43 ft (13 m) long and weighed 2500 lbs (1134 kg).