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…
View More Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human healthAuthor: Alistair Dove
Dr. Alistair Dove is a systematic and ecological parasitologist by training, with broader research interests in the natural history and health of marine animals, especially whale sharks. He is currently Director of Research and Conservation at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta USA. His comments here do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Georgia Aquarium
Follow along with Fukushima researchers
There’s a research cruise underway right now to study the impacts of radiation release from the Fukushima disaster in Japan, using the UNOLS/U. Hawaii ship…
View More Follow along with Fukushima researchersThe Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over
I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but…
View More The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth overWho’s your daddy?
Jenny Schmidt from U. Illinois and her co-authors have uncovered a fascinating nugget of biology of the whale shark in a recent (and Open Access…
View More Who’s your daddy?Just a, er, quickie
If you live in central Florida and have an interest in marine life, come and hear my wife and I discuss Sex in the Oceans…
View More Just a, er, quickieA bunch of hot heads
Driving through more remote parts of the Australian countryside when I was a young tacker, my Dad would often stop the old Mazda Capella so…
View More A bunch of hot headsWorld Oceans Day events at the Smithsonian
World Oceans Day – June 8 – is creeping up on us once again and this year’s seems to have special significance, since it comes…
View More World Oceans Day events at the SmithsonianTwofer book review from the Amazon (the river, not the website)
I reckon one of the best parts of planning any trip is the book time you spend brushing up on your destination. I loved Diego…
View More Twofer book review from the Amazon (the river, not the website)
This is clearly an important species we’re dealing with
James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) is the greatest movie ever made. There, I said it. For sheer script quotability, only Pulp Fiction comes close. For dark…
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Inside the Outside
*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…
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