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Ecology

Watch the life of a plant embryo unfold.

Examine the baby plants inside the seeds we eat.

Scientific data reveals the migration habits of marine animals.

How do first responders rescue whales tangled in debris?

Explainers do biology and botony demonstrations.

Plankton can distinguish between different colors of light.

Get a closer look at live, Olympia oysters, native to San Francisco.

Raise a piling to see what grows.

All these organisms are adapted to life in California's rocky tidal zone.

Explore the complexity and enormity of this grand, once-living organism.

Gently touch these plants and see how they respond.

Different types of phytoplankton multiply or die off in response to changing ocean conditions.

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