Solved! Where did the Big Eye In The Sea come from?
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By , on October 12th, 2012 87 comments   Fish, Organisms   , , , ,  

No doubt you have seen the lonely big eye in the sea story by now. A giant eyeball washed ashore on a Florida beach and then the internet went crazy. So what is it? I emailed Sönke Johnsen a Professor of Biology and colleague of mine at Duke University. Sönke is an expert on everything . . . → Read More: Solved! Where did the Big Eye In The Sea come from?

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Losing the Lions of the Ocean
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By , on December 15th, 2009 5 comments   Conservation & Environment   , , , , , , , ,  

“Western Atlantic bluefin have declined by 82% since 1970 and it’s estimated there are only remaining 41,000 remaining reproductively mature individuals.” Those are the words Sheril somberly provides in her post at the Intersection. Carl Safina over diner once told me and others that tuna missing from the oceans was the equivalent of the African . . . → Read More: Losing the Lions of the Ocean

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