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Featured Stories

Long form articles highlighting research conducted by CMSI affiliates, showcasing student experiences and perspectives, and diving deep into the science of our coasts and oceans.

Two people walking along a mudflat, one of them carrying a white bucket

Exploring New Depths

Through the EVE Scholars Program, UC Davis undergraduates engage in hands-on independent research that advances marine science while fostering personal and academic growth at the Bodega Marine Laboratory.

A colorful illustration showing an imagined view of white abalone falling out of a plane into the ocean with the caption "LightHawk, a non- profit flight organization, volunteers its pilots, staff, and flight hours to assist in transferring white abalone between facilities in partnership with the White Abalone Captive Breeding Program at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory. White abalone are not actually dropped directly into the sea!"

Making Space for White Abalone

White abalone have influenced cultural traditions, inspired regional cuisine, and moved generations of ocean lovers, but when overfishing pushed white abalone to the bring of extinction, humans and white abalone had to develop an entirely new relationship with each other.

A group of students gathered together on the beach.

BML Summer Students Share Their Science Through Short Films

Undergraduate students in Coastal Marine Research (BIS 124) received training in all aspects of the research process and then put their new skills to work during independent research projects conducted in teams of two.