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Biological Sciences

Mary and Cole
Our Students

Biology Students Featured at ACS Conference for Pharmaceutical Research

Parrotfish
Research

Size of Parrotfish Predation Scars Affects Coral Healing Rate

Red abalone. While red abalone were once abundant throughout California, they have long been in decline due to overfishing and environmental changes.
Research

Cal Poly Study Finds Warmer Waters Threaten Red Abalone Recovery

Cal Poly and California Sea Grant are pleased to welcome Dr. Kevin Marquez Johnson. Johnson will serve as an Aquaculture Specialist with the California Sea Grant extension program, based in San Luis Obispo on the Cal Poly campus.
Faculty

Cal Poly and California Sea Grant Appoint Aquaculture Specialist

Nishi Rajakaruna (left) and Ian Medeiros collect lichen specimens on an outcropping of the rock serpentinite during an expedition in eastern South Africa.
Research

Cal Poly Professor and International Team Discover New Genus of Lichen

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Research

Return of the Pismo Clams

California could triple the southern sea otter population by recolonizing San Francisco Bay.
California Impact

Cal Poly Contributes to Study on Ways to Increase Sea Otter Population

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Awards

Biological Science Professor Earns 2019 Ocean Stewardship Award

Katie Pearson picks up a piece of paper with a dried plant on it from a stack of more paper and plants. Three students watch her.
California Impact

Cal Poly Leads Effort to Digitize State's Botanical History

Gray seal with white spots lying on an ice sheet with its front flipper raised. The seal has a yellow tag on its rear flipper.
Research

Growing Up on the Ice