Bodega Marine Laboratory
Since 1976 Bodega Marine Laboratory volunteer docents have led interpretive tours for all ages.Public Education features at BML include numerous marine aquarium displays.
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Local: 707-875-2211
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Since 1976 Bodega Marine Laboratory volunteer docents have led interpretive tours for all ages.
Public Education features at BML include numerous marine aquarium displays. Upon entering BML’s West Wing, visitors experience a 24-foot-long display, containing many colorful local fishes and invertebrates, and a small kelp forest. Past that is a harbor aquarium, holding residents of our local estuary, Bodega Harbor. Next to that is a round aquarium that displays anemones and other organisms in our nearshore subtidal habitat. Elsewhere around the facility are smaller display aquaria featuring local and, occasionally, unique marine creatures. A tidepool mesocosm display allows visitors to experience the biodiversity and dynamic energy of the northern California coast.
Public drop in tours are available most Fridays, 2:00-4:00 PM, for groups of less than 10 people.
Extremely interesting tour
This place so exceeded my expectations. I have been thinking about going here for several years and never got around to it because I live near by. So to day I went there and it was most interesting...
Excellent Tour
We researched the BML before driving over to the coast. My daughter (14) is a hopeful marine biologist so we are always looking into ways to support her goal. We knew this was a working research lab...
Great visit of a nice marine lab, but the tour was too large, could not hear the Docent.
Love those crabs, sea stars and other fun marine life! Took a tour of the lab. very interesting. The Docent who volunteered did well teaching but we were too many to hear what she said during the...
