Creature Feature: East Coast Fish Calls California Home
In ten short years after being introduced to California in 1879, this East Coast fish -- the striped bass -- has established itself in...
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Creature Feature: Look Who's Wearing Red Velvet This Season
Santa isn’t the only one sporting red velvet this season. The velvety red sponge (Ophlitaspongia pennata) also sports a bright red coat...
Creature Feature: Clowns Make Life Better Even in the Sea
These clowns of the sea – the southern sea otter -- so called because of their silly antics and playfulness, are the only member of the...
Marine Science in the News: "Lawn mowing" fish
A recent research publication out of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography examined the role of reef fishes in keeping corals healthy...
Students investigate wrack lines, measure fish while learning the scientific method
How do you measure a fish? What items can be found in a wrack line? What is a wrack line? How many animals live in a tidepool? Students...
Marine Science in the News: Changing water temperatures causing animals to relocate
Under rapidly changing conditions animals have 3 “choices”: migrate, adapt or die. Ocean temperatures are rising rapidly (a byproduct of...
Marine Science Camp 2017: What have we been up to?
2016 was a great summer and we wish our campers were still here. After all, nothing is more fun than camp with animal-touching, games,...
Creature Feature: Enjoy Stargazing Above and Below the Water
With the November starry nights of the Leonid Meteor Shower (Nov. 16-18), this is the perfect time to look down at the starry flounder...
Marine Science in the News: plastic marine debris STINKS
A recent study out of University of California, Davis examined one of the largest groups of animals largely affected by plastics:...
Marine Science Camp 2017 Series: 23 Years in the Making
Marine Science Camp turns 23 next summer! Beginning in 1994, Marine Science Camp’s inaugural year had camps offered for just two weeks,...
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