Postcard from Mexico
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By , on August 20th, 2011 2 comments   Expeditions, Life At Sea, New Research, Uncategorized   ,  

Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but this whale shark fieldwork thing has a way of consuming every available moment. I’ll get to some new content soon, but in the meantime, the weather is here, I wish you were beautiful! Praying to Argos, the mighty satellite god . . . → Read More: Postcard from Mexico

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Hello old friends
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By , on July 20th, 2011 One comment   Expeditions, Life At Sea, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , ,  
Come in and play!

So here we are in Mexico for the first of two Georgia Aquarium research trips this summer. This is the logistically simpler of the two, for exciting reasons I am not yet at liberty to discuss. On this one we are focusing on photo ID as part of the ECOCEAN project. Yesterday was our first . . . → Read More: Hello old friends

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Get a fish’s eye view of Shark Week
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By , on July 14th, 2011 6 comments   Carnivals & Link Love, Fish, Organisms, Reviews   , ,  

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week is an immensely popular block of programming that focuses on our toothy buddies, the elasmobranchs. This year Georgia Aquarium will play a central role in the theming for Shark Week, and that’s already started in the form of a new UStream feed of a special camera that’s been added to the . . . → Read More: Get a fish’s eye view of Shark Week

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Spotting the difference between whale sharks
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By , on July 13th, 2011 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, New Research   , , , , , ,  

It’s getting to that time of year again. It’s hot here in Atlanta, and really hot down in Mexico, where, in between the tropical storms and occasional hurricanes, dog days are settling over the Yucatan Peninsula. It’s also the time when whale sharks begin to gather in big numbers off the coast, not far from . . . → Read More: Spotting the difference between whale sharks

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Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health
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By , on June 13th, 2011 2 comments   Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, New Research   , , , , , ,  

This week a really great project is unfolding in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. It’s the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment for free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, one of the longest standing and most comprehensive health assessments of any marine animal. The project is spearheaded by Dr. Greg Bossart (Senior VP at Georgia . . . → Read More: Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health

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Talking Trash at Georgia Aquarium Science on Tap
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By , on May 2nd, 2011 One comment   Plastic, Scientist!   , , , ,  

If you’re in the Atlanta GA area, this Wednesday evening is your chance to drink beer with two of your very favorite Deep Sea News bloggers. Thanks to Dr. Para_Sight, I’ll be speaking about my research on plastic pollution in the North Pacific Gyre at the Georgia Aquarium Science on Tap series. Come learn about . . . → Read More: Talking Trash at Georgia Aquarium Science on Tap

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Inside the Outside
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By , on April 29th, 2011 19 comments   New Research, Open Access, Uncategorized   , , , ,  
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*Ed. Note: Al’s post was selected by the staff at PLoS One as the April Blog Pick of the Month! Awesome Job Al! – KAZ (Oh boy, have I been looking forward to writing this post! This one is 2 years in the making) Like a lot of biologists, I get to see some really . . . → Read More: Inside the Outside

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Science in a fishbowl
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By , on April 7th, 2011 Leave a comment   Reviews, Social Sciences   , ,  

A couple of weeks back I did a radio interview for Georgia Tech’s public station WREK 91.1. With permission from the hosts of Inside the Black Box, Pete Ludovice and Bill Hung, I am posting the interview in parts online. Here’s part one: ITBB1, in which I talk about the history of Aquariums as scientific . . . → Read More: Science in a fishbowl

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