A new station within the climate solutions exhibit will launch at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center on September 17, 2024. In it, you will learn about iconic local species, the elephant seal, and how they are helping humans understand climate change. Climate change and its impact on the ocean is challenging to study. Many areas […]
Reflecting on the past twelve months The end of August and the beginning of September is a reflective time at the Seymour Center. The summer visitation rush wanes. Ocean Explorers summer camp wraps. Students from local schools who attend our Discovery Lab field trips have not arrived yet. This is also the time we close […]
Photo Credit: Shmuel Thaler, Santa Cruz Sentinel I was surprised to hear that friends of mine, who are members at the Seymour Center and visit regularly, were not aware we’ve been running hands-on youth education programs for the last 24 years. Moreover, they didn’t know that their membership dollars helped fund education programs that reach […]
Have you ever heard of the term pescatarian redwoods? That’s what Patrick Webster, an Underwater Photographer (and former Seymour Center teammate), calls kelp forests. Patrick’s breathtaking photography shares and connects us with what is under the ocean’s surface. Patrick generously allowed us to feature his photographs in our aquarium’s refreshed signage and labels, which we […]
