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Hopkins Marine Station

For more information go to http://hopkins.stanford.edu

by Chris Patton

Hopkins Marine Station

Aerial view taken in 2000

by Mark Denny

Hopkins Seaside Laboratory

Hopkins started at the same time as Stanford. Class of 1894 when the lab was located at Lover's Point.

by Out of Copyright

Agassiz Building

In 1917 the Station moved from Lover's Point to this Cabrillo Point building to become a year round facility. A major remodel was completed in 2006.

by Joe Wible

Jacques Loeb Laboratory

Built in 1928. Loeb houses three of the eight faculty research labs

by Joe Wible

Dissecting a Humbolt Squid

This large squid has moved north to now be common in Monterey Bay

by Chris Patton

SSV Robert C. Seamans

Undergraduates sail the south Pacific aboard the Seamans as part of the Stanford@SEA program offered every other spring.

by SEA

Holistic Biology

Holistic Biology Class

Students return to sites Steinbeck & Ricketts visited on their 1940 trip to the Sea of Cortez.

by Susan Shillinglaw and Micki Ream

Risso's Dolphin

The Monterey Bay is home to many marine mammals including sea otters, seals, and several species of whales.

by Joe Wible

Fieldwork in Elkhorn Slough

Professor Micheli in the field with some of her students

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Rocks & Kelp Bed

A view looking across the bay from Hopkins Agassiz beach

by Joe Wible

Outdoor Laboratory

With small class sizes, undergraduates get to know faculty on a first name basis.

by Chris Patton

Harbor Seals

Hopkins has a resident population of harbor seals who have pups on this beach every spring.

by Chris Patton

Intertidal Research

You don't have to SCUBA dive to do research at Hopkins.

by Jason Gubedrnick

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Founded by four Hopkins scientists, the Aquarium is adjacent to the Station

by Joe Wible

Invertebrate Zoology Class

Being next to the ocean, students get to study live animals.

by Freya Sommer

Hopkinsia rosacea

Nudibranch named after Hopkins later renamed Okenia rosacea

by Freya Sommer

Kelp Forest Ecology Class

This is the only class that requires you to be a SCUBA diver.

by Freya Sommer

Rainbow over Bird Rock

Guano covered rocks are a frequent perch for pelicans and cormorants

by Chris Patton

Harold A. Miller Library

Hopkins students and faculty have 24/7 access

by Joe Wible

Harold A. Miller Library

A premier collection of books and journals is complemented by Stanford's online library resources

by Joe Wible

Sunset at Hopkins

A view from the library's reading room

by Joe Wible