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How Are They Biting?

  • by Andy Fell
  • May 06, 2025
  • Featured Research
Some reef fish have the unexpected ability to move their jaws from side to side, biologists at the University of California, Davis have discovered. This ability – which is rare among vertebrate animals – allows these fish to feed rapidly and efficiently on algae growing on rocks.
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A Legacy of Learning

  • by Jessica Lee
  • April 29, 2025
  • Student Success
For some, the ocean is a scenic backdrop—an inviting place for relaxation or an awe-inspiring force of nature. For Mona Hansche, it’s the soundtrack of her life; and Bodega Bay is the chorus—the part that always returns, anchoring the melody of her experiences.
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From Students to Mentors

  • by Lila Magbilang
  • April 16, 2025
  • Student Perspectives
After a summer of tide pooling and hands-on marine research at Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Davis undergrads Makayla Peixoto and Jessica Bartolome returned to campus as peer advisors, helping future students discover their own path to the coast.
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Immersed in Learning

  • by Jessica Lee
  • March 20, 2025
  • Meet Our Researchers
What does it mean to learn marine science by doing? For students in the inaugural Fall Quarter at Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML), it meant using a clam gun to reveal burrowing invertebrates in the mudflats, tagging coho salmon to help monitor wild fish populations, and practicing the slow, stealthy skill of catching sculpin with bare hands.
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Making Aquatic Science Research Safe

  • by Greg Watry
  • March 18, 2025
  • Meet Our Researchers
As an assistant diving and boating safety officer for UC Davis based at Bodega Marine Laboratory, Dias works with UC Davis researchers to coordinate and provide guidance for critical fieldwork that’s helping us understand the health of our oceans and waterways, and in turn, our global climate.
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UC Davis Research Team Shares Experiences From Recent Field Season in Antarctica

  • by Greg Watry
  • February 10, 2025
  • Meet Our Researchers
The McMurdo Dry Valleys don’t look like they belong in Antarctica. Largely devoid of snow, the landscape is mostly dirt and rock. When explorer Robert Falcon Scott trekked the area in 1903, he referred to it as “the valley of the dead.”

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