Blog Posts

Microbeads and other microplastics show up on beaches worldwide.

Microbeads and Ocean Pollution

Oct 08, 2015

A Celebration to Remember

Oct 01, 2015

Sea Otter Awareness Week 2015

Sep 24, 2015

Thomas, a long-term volunteer with Morro Bay in Bloom, surveys the succulent bed at the top of Centennial Parkway’s staircase.

Give a Day for the Bay with Morro Bay in Bloom

Sep 17, 2015

National Estuaries Week Starts Strong and Ends with a Party!

Sep 10, 2015

Restoration Projects Manager, Jen Nix (on right) readies materials for our eelgrass seed dispersal project.

Understanding Eelgrass Decline and Evaluating Restoration Activities

Sep 03, 2015

A small waterfall with healthy Poison Oak (Toxidendron rydbergii) pictured in the foreground, growing along Chorro Creek. Poison oak is a native plant that some consider beautiful.

Assessing the quality of aquatic habitats with CRAM

Aug 27, 2015

A harbor seal rests in the bay, beneath a sky full of smoke. Photograph by Ruth Ann Angus, August, 1994.

Fire and the Morro Bay National Estuary

Aug 20, 2015

A group of students note the plants and animals they've seen on a walk through the elfin forest.

Learn about the Morro Bay estuary with our staff

Aug 13, 2015

Even the docents get involved. Christine Lanier (left) and Cheryl Powers (right) look at flowers under a dissecting scope during the “Mayflowers” Saturday Scientists program, which is typically held near Mother’s Day each year. Photograph courtesy of the Morro Bay Natural History Museum.

Saturday Scientists at the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History

Aug 06, 2015