UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute

Bodega Marine Lab’s pioneering white abalone research program grateful for community support After the Trump administration funds that support species recovery, the UC Davis-affiliated lab on the Sonoma Coast turned to outside supporters for help, hosting a community gala to showcase its p…

“We can’t save a species a couple of months at a time. It takes decades to restore them. ... I could be documenting the decline of the species, but I’m documenting the rebound of the species. It’s such hopeful work." Good news from @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/26/b...

Bodega Marine Lab’s pioneering white abalone research program grateful for community support After the Trump administration funds that support species recovery, the UC Davis-affiliated lab on the Sonoma Coast turned to outside supporters for help, hosting a community gala to showcase its p…

At the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Lab, scientists are fighting to restore endangered @whiteabalone.bsky.social amid complex pressures — and seeing remarkable spawning success, offering this iconic species a path home.

More from @pressdemo.bsky.social: www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/26/b...

📸: Mei Blundell, Jessica Lee, Chris Yeh

A group posing for the camera outside under a winding metallic structure.

Dancers in dark brown dresses performing on green grass with the ocean in the background.

A string quartet practicing in front of floor to ceiling windows

Mei Blundell completed her Bilinski Fellowship at BML project by teaming up with composer Max Gibson, Del Sol Quartet, and choreographer Linda Bair to create …all dripping in tangles green…, a music–dance piece inspired by her kelp research. Explore the project: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ac09...

BML White Abalone / Shellfish Health Jr. Specialist University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

We're Hiring! 📢 Join Team @whiteabalone.bsky.social and the CDFW Shellfish Health Lab at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay as a Jr. Specialist.

Learn more and apply by the next review date, Nov 27th, here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07397

The Bodega Marine Lab and @ucdavis.bsky.social were on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social last night! 🎉

We’ll take "Ways to Make a Marine Scientist’s Day” for $1,000, please, and give a big shoutout to our @whiteabalone.bsky.social team!

📺: Season 42, E9434 - Week 10, Episode 49

YouTube video by Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants Live from the Antarctic ice with Abbey Dias

Remember to tune in TODAY, 11/13, at noon as @ucdavis researchers give a live talk from Antarctica. Watch "Return to Antarctica: Diving Into Lake Fryxell’s Microbial World" through YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubYm...

Bilinski Fellowships at Bodega Marine Laboratory 2024-2025 These ten fellowship recipients have bridged the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities with innovative, collaborative projects.

Watch the video, read the zine, and learn more about Tracie's project here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ac09...

YouTube video by Deep Look This Mite-y Beetle Buries the Dead to Start a Family | Deep Look

Ever wonder what it takes to raise a family… underground? 🪲 @ucdavis.bsky.social grad student Tracie Hayes' Bilinski Fellowship at BML project studies how moisture affects burying beetles as they care for their young — & inspired a creative collaboration w/ KQED’s Deep Look: youtu.be/5i_rRofGdWA?...

A group of students on a blue boat emblazoned with the word "Research" in big letters on the side and the BML and UC Davis logos.

A blue boat emblazoned with the word "Research" in big letters on the side and the BML and UC Davis logos.

Ready for the big reveal? It’s a… boat! 🎉⚓️🚤

We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our fleet: the Upwell Rider! This new addition to the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory was officially named last week and will help researchers and students explore our coast.

📸: John Largier & Jessica Lee

Throwback treat: @ucdavis.bsky.social Professor Jay Stachowicz talking Halloween fashion… for decorator crabs! 🦀✨

To Wear or Not to Wear, That is the Question To wear or not to wear these clothing, that was my question everyday as a land steward intern. Most of my internship was spent outdoors doing fieldwork for habitat restoration, specifically invasive p...

Tsoi Wong, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent the summer interning as a land steward at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Reserve, working alongside reserve steward Luis Morales on hands-on habitat restoration projects: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/news/wear-or...

Hooked on Conservation: A Summer in Rockfish Research My passion for wildlife, ocean ecosystems, and a love for the beach, led me to an incredible opportunity to bring that curiosity into the field through an internship at UC Davis’s Bodega Marine Labora...

Arwinder “Aru” Singh, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer interning at Bodega Marine Lab, working with the ToPEC Lab on fisheries research through the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/hooked-...

Creature Feature: Strawberry Anemone Meet the strawberry anemone (Corynactis californica), also called the club-tipped anemone. This small but striking predator is found along the California coast. Growing to just about an inch across,…

Meet the strawberry anemone (Corynactis californica), also called the club-tipped anemone. Learn more about this small but striking predator, found in rocky reefs and kelp forests along the CA coast, courtesy of our Aquatic Resources Group at the Bodega Marine Lab.

Muddy Shoes and Microbes Hello, my name is Vanessa Cordova, and this summer, I had the chance to intern at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab through a partnership with Santa Rosa Junior College. I am a first-generation student t...

Vanessa Cordova, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer interning at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Laboratory discovering how much she enjoys the balance between field work and lab science: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/muddy-s...

YouTube video by BodegaMarineLab Seagrasses: Our Planet's Secret Climate Hero

With support from a Bilinski Fellowship at Bodega Marine Lab, @ucdavis.bsky.social PhD candidate Elisabeth Sellinger collaborated w/ @farallonesnews.bsky.social & Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries to highlight the power of #seagrass to store carbon & sustain coastal life: youtu.be/p3MfEPjE8aw

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What connects eelgrass, abalone, kelp, and oyster farms? The science that sustains them. Meet the researchers restoring species, rebuilding coasts, and shaping a more resilient future for California’s shores in our Fall 2025 issue of Tideline: mailchi.mp/ucdavis/tide...

My Summer with Fish Hello, my name is Esmeralda Padilla-Garcia, and this summer I had the opportunity to intern at the UC Davis – Bodega Marine Laboratory through my school, Santa Rosa Junior College. I am currently enro...

Esmeralda Padilla-Garcia, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer at the Bodega Marine Lab working w/ the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program & finding unexpected connections between marine science & a passion for human health: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-summ...

A portrait of Andrea Alfaro laughing into the camera in front of an expanse of greenery.

We’re excited to share that Andrea C. Alfaro has been appointed the new director of the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, effective January 1, 2026. She will also serve as director of the Bodega Marine Lab.

Read the announcement from @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social here: buff.ly/RzKwN30

Dr. Alyssa Frederick holds a white abalone and smiles as they look at each other.

A pair of hands hold a mass of seagrass

A small metal trap sits on a shoreline where a visible oil slick covers the water.

Federal funding fuels discoveries that flow #FromLabsToLives. @ucdavis.bsky.social researchers are reviving kelp & white abalone, tracing pollution’s legacy, and showing how seagrasses safeguard coasts: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/ripple-effec...

📸: Jessica Lee, @karolcha.bsky.social, Whitehead Lab

Watch the live webcam here any time: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/webcam

YouTube video by BodegaMarineLab Beautiful morning in Horseshoe Cove

Enjoy a stunning post-storm morning in Horseshoe Cove on the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Reserve: youtu.be/F-bIMfiUwJs

Becoming A Snail Dentist My name is Qing Fields, and I’m an SRJC student dual majoring in Biology and Natural Sciences, with plans to transfer to CSUMB in the fall of 2026 to study Marine Science and Scientific Illustration. ...

Qing Fields, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer internship studying intertidal snails at Bodega Marine Lab, combining fieldwork, lab research, and her talent for scientific illustration to explore how feeding ecology shapes snail anatomy: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/becomin...

POV: You’re dulse — a red algae grown at the Bodega Marine Laboratory to feed endangered white abalone.

Happy #WorldAlgaeDay from our tanks to yours!

A Special Summer at the Bodega Marine Laboratory Hi, I’m Lucas, a SRJC student who is transferring to UC Davis in the fall of 2025.  At Davis, I will be majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology.  This summer, I had the pleasure of working unde...

Lucas Hernandez-Real, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent the summer interning in the Brown Lab at Bodega Marine Lab, studying seagrass wasting disease and discovering how collaborative and rewarding marine research can be: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/special...

My Time at the Bodega Marine Lab My time at BML was spent working with Dr. Boles on researching abalone (Haliotis spps.) reproduction and larval success. Dr. Boles has spent her career working with California abalone, investigating t...

Keith Mo, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent his summer interning at the Bodega Marine Lab, assisting with abalone and seaweed research in Dr. Sara Boles’ lab: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-time...

A panoramic view of a seagrass meadow from the water level, with blue skies above it.

Elisabeth Sellinger and Karolina Zabinski, PhD candidates at @ucdavis.bsky.social, study how #seagrass, sediments & #shellfish adapt under stress, while also navigating uncertainty in their own careers. Both kinds of resilience rely on federal support: arcg.is/1KTj02

A Seagrass Summer I am a second-year Environmental Science major at Santa Rosa Junior College and will be transferring to UC Santa Cruz this fall to complete my undergraduate degree. I spent my summer at the Bodega Mar...

Katie Brenninger, a @santarosajc.bsky.social student, spent a summer interning in the CHANGE Lab at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, gaining hands-on experience with seagrass mesocosms, new lab technologies, and the challenges of keeping research tanks clean: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/seagras...

My Summer with Bull Kelp, Sea Urchins, and Abalone Katherine Pearson is a biology student who just finished at SRJC and is transferring to Cal Poly Humboldt in the fall semester of 2025. She is majoring in marine biology but hopes to major in biochemi...

Katherine Pearson, a @santarosajc.bsky.social student, spent a summer internship at the Bodega Marine Laboratory gaining new skills in the field and lab, and fresh inspiration for her future in marine science. marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-summ...