UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute
@ucdmarinescience.bsky.social
At the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and
Bodega Marine Laboratory, we dive deep into discovery, nurture marine stewardship, and outswim the ordinary.
Bodega Marine Laboratory, we dive deep into discovery, nurture marine stewardship, and outswim the ordinary.
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.
February 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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.
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:
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.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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:
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
Event details and reservations: thelastforestsproject-bml-screening.eventbrite.com
📸: courtesy of Marco Mazza/The Last Forests Project
January 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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
Event details and reservations: thelastforestsproject-bml-screening.eventbrite.com
📸: courtesy of Marco Mazza/The Last Forests Project
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...
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.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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 - 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-...
& climate policy in the Bay–Delta.
March 5, 2026 | In person + remote
RSVP: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/events/blue-...
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...
marinescience.ucdavis.edu
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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-...
& climate policy in the Bay–Delta.
March 5, 2026 | In person + remote
RSVP: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/events/blue-...
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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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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January 20, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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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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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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
📸: Jonathan Aguiñaga
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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
📸: Jonathan Aguiñaga
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“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…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“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...
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...
More from @pressdemo.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…
www.pressdemocrat.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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...
More from @pressdemo.bsky.social: www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/26/b...
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...
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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...
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
Learn more and apply by the next review date, Nov 27th, here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07397
BML White Abalone / Shellfish Health Jr. Specialist
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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
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
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
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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
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
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...
Live from the Antarctic ice with Abbey Dias
YouTube video by Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants
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November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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...
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?...
This Mite-y Beetle Buries the Dead to Start a Family | Deep Look
YouTube video by Deep Look
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November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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?...
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
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
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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
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! 🦀✨
#ThrowbackThursday to the day 20 yrs ago when my postdoc advisor had to meet w/ me in the teaching lab downstairs b/c he was setting up his decorator crabs for an ABC News segment on Halloween costumes. #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🎃🦀 @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social youtu.be/IYxerHqVPpE?...
ABC News Decorator Crabs
YouTube video by Matthew Bracken
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October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Throwback treat: @ucdavis.bsky.social Professor Jay Stachowicz talking Halloween fashion… for decorator crabs! 🦀✨
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...
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...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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...
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-...
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...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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-...
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.
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,…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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.
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...
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...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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...
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
Seagrasses: Our Planet's Secret Climate Hero
YouTube video by BodegaMarineLab
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October 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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
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...
Science That Sustains Species and Shorelines
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October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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...
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...
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...
marinescience.ucdavis.edu
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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...
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
Read the announcement from @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social here: buff.ly/RzKwN30
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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
Read the announcement from @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social here: buff.ly/RzKwN30
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
📸: Jessica Lee, @karolcha.bsky.social, Whitehead Lab
October 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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
📸: Jessica Lee, @karolcha.bsky.social, Whitehead Lab