First Temporary Experimental Outplanting of Sunflower Stars in California Marks Major Milestone in Ocean Recovery — Sunflower Star Laboratory  In a historic first for California, juvenile sunflower stars, reared in human care, were successfully placed into the ocean and later retrieved as part of a pioneering field study aimed at resto...

#SunflowerSeaStar restoration has reached an exciting new milestone 🤩!

With the loss of both #seaotters and sunflower sea stars along our coast, the recovery of these keystone species is a powerful step toward restoring balance in our marine ecosystems.

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4 California critters making a comeback with help from UC researchers This Earth Day, we’re celebrating stories from the past year of UC research that illustrate the resilience of life on our planet.

🌎 Happy #EarthDay! Four incredible California critters are making a comeback thanks to the dedicated work of University of California researchers!

Discover these inspiring conservation stories below — including how #BirchAquarium is helping save the critically endangered #SunflowerSeaStar ⭐

Love is in the air, and in the water too! Spend your Valentines at the Sunflower Star Lab!
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Sex on the beach! (#165) (Ed. This is item #1 of Year 5 of dougzone22.ca) La Jolla, CA - Oceanographers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography literally played cupid, or was it pelicans, when they successfully fertilized ...

Oceanographers interfering with sunflower sea stars for science. dougzone22 has all the icky news: dougzone22.ca?p=2086
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