UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute

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Water connects us — marsh to ocean, coast to community.

So does public science. Federally funded research protects lives in emergencies, strengthens fisheries, and builds the long-term knowledge we depend on every day.
#FromLabsToLives #ucdavis @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social

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A panoramic view of Bodega Marine Laboratory's housing: a sprawling set of wooden buildings overlooking the bay.

The @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Lab is hiring a Part-Time Cook in Bodega Bay, CA.

Learn more and apply by 3/5/26: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/...

A person in a dark green "Team White Abalone" sweatshirt is holding out a curved piece of material with several white abalone attached to it.

The @whiteabalone.bsky.social lab at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab in Bodega Bay, CA, is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! This postdoc will lead lab studies to improve successful spawning behaviors in critically endangered white abalone.
Priority review begins 3/13/26. Learn more: buff.ly/wjGIGY0

Hidden below the surface of bays and estuaries from California to Alaska, blue mud shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis) build underground lives shaped by both habitat and parasites. Join Karl Menard, Aquatic Resources Manager at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab, for a close-up look.

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.

What happens when the ocean — and the expectations placed on scientists — are changing at the same time? As a Bilinski Fellow at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Mikhaila Redovian explored how marine scientists are responding through collaboration and new ways of working:

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You’re invited to a free film screening of "The Last Forests Project" on Friday, February 27th, at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Lab!

Event details and reservations: thelastforestsproject-bml-screening.eventbrite.com

📸: courtesy of Marco Mazza/The Last Forests Project

Some Corals Can Stand the Heat — Could They Help Those That Can’t? UC Davis researchers are studying why some corals can stand heat and heal from bleaching. The answers could help protect coral reefs from climate change.

Why do some corals withstand extreme heat while others bleach and die? @ucdavis.bsky.social researchers @rachaelabay.bsky.social and @dranyabrown.bsky.social are investigating how #coral genetics and microbial communities influence heat tolerance: www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Accounting for Blue Carbon in the Bay–Delta: Science, Policy, and Practice This symposium will convene leading scientists, policymakers, land managers, and stakeholders to explore the science and policy of blue carbon—carbon captured and stored in coastal and aquatic ecosyst...

Accounting for Blue Carbon in the Bay–Delta: Science, Policy, and Practice - a UC Davis CMSI and @deltacouncil.bsky.social joint symposium on blue carbon science, carbon accounting,
& climate policy in the Bay–Delta.
March 5, 2026 | In person + remote
RSVP: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/events/blue-...

Fall Quarter Marine Ecology Fall Quarter Marine EcologyIncluding 9 Days at Bodega Marine LabStudents who enroll in Marine and Coastal Field Ecology (ESP 124) during Fall 2026 are expected to be in-residence at BML from…

🍁 Fall Marine Ecology (ESP 124) starts with 9 days at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, then continues on the Davis campus through the Fall Quarter. This course is only open to UC Davis undergraduates. Apply by 4/24/26: buff.ly/ckZXh1a

Summer Classes at BML Expanded Program in Coastal Marine Systems This exciting, integrated program offers students a multidisciplinary understanding of coastal systems through hands-on, research and field based courses…

☀️ Summer Sessions offer an immersive, 6-week multidisciplinary look at coastal systems. Not a UC Davis student? No problem! Students from ANY college or university can apply for these classes. Apply by 4/15/26: buff.ly/r5UrwZ1
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Choose your adventure: Summer or Fall at the Bodega Marine Lab!
Applications are open for undergraduate Summer Sessions at BML and Fall Marine Ecology (including 9 days at BML). These field-based courses offer a unique opportunity to explore the coast & gain research experience: buff.ly/V4a55DP
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Two models holding hands and leaning away from each other inside a large greenhouse with a concrete floor. One is wearing a knit outfit in shades of seafoam and white, including a hat, purse, top, and skirt. The other is wearing a white knee length dress made of layers of bubble wrap and black and white combat boots.

Two models posing on the Bodega Marine Reserve in front of a patch of greenery. One is sitting on the ground with legs outstretched to each side, wearing a brown corset with white sleeves and a skirt made of fishnet. The other is standing and wearing a pink top decorated with shells and transparent pants made of fishnet.

Three models posed outside in front of a concrete wall. One is wearing a drop top and orange maxi skirt, another is wearing a white formal gown and headpiece, and another is in a bright pink dress with a collar made of white materials.

Katie Erickson’s Bilinski Project at Bodega Marine Lab brought science and art together through ecology-inspired wearable design. Collaborating with the n girls collective, they created nine high-fashion looks from found materials foraged in Bodega Bay & at BML: buff.ly/tJkVIkT

📸: Jonathan Aguiñaga

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

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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

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

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...

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

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

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...