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Join the Salish Sea Institute, Marine and Coastal Sciences Program, College of the Environment, The Foundation for �������� & Alumni for a seminar and book signing with Drew Harvell, author of “The Ocean’s Menagerie,” on Tuesday, May 27, at 4 p.m., in person in Academic West, Room 204, or on Zoom.

This event is free and open to the public; learn more and register to save your space, in-person or online, at .

Drew Harvell is professor emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and affiliate faculty in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Science at the University of Washington. Her research on the health and sustainability of marine ecosystems has taken her from the reefs of Mexico, Indonesia, Palau, and Hawaii to the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest. Her current research, based at Friday Harbor Laboratories, is focused on the health of foundation and keystone species in the Salish Sea.

Harvell’s new book, “Ocean Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life,” is a tale of biological marvels, a story of one woman’s passionate connection to an adventurous career in science and a call to arms to protect the world’s most ancient ecosystems. The long-time research diver takes readers on dives from Hawaii to the Salish Sea, from St. Croix to Indonesia, to uncover the incredible underwater “superpowers” of spineless creatures.

Hear about hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms that rival human cities, and jellyfish that glow in the dark. Meet corals many times stronger than steel or concrete, sponges that create potent chemical compounds to fight off disease, and the sea stars that garden the coastline, keeping all the other nearby species in balance.