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View More A whale joke for hump-dayAuthor: 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
TGIF – curious whale shark
To go with the whale shark news roundup this week, I thought I’d post a video from my group’s whale shark research work in Mexico…
View More TGIF – curious whale sharkSir Fish grabbing headlines, but it’s not all good
Whale sharks (in Vietnamese: Ca Ong, literally “Sir Fish”), have been in the headlines quite a bit lately. Here’s a roundup: WA WS, OK? A…
View More Sir Fish grabbing headlines, but it’s not all goodWhat’s your marine biology Bucket List?
There are so many amazing aquatic species out there, it’s practically impossible for any one person to see them all, even if they dedicated their…
View More What’s your marine biology Bucket List?For sale?: one reef, well-loved
I think it’s fair to say that when most folks think about conservation, or biology in general, money is not the first thing that pops…
View More For sale?: one reef, well-lovedThe passing of Mike deGruy
Marine biologist, photographer and documentary maker Mike deGruy was killed in a helicopter accident in Australia yesterday. TED has remembrance page here and below is…
View More The passing of Mike deGruyExtinct life is like a box of chocolates
I celebrated another lap around the sun this weekend, and in honour of that my friend Betty, who lives in Arizona, sent me a rather…
View More Extinct life is like a box of chocolatesA glass more than half full of awesome
The other deeplings (except RickMac) are at the fantastic Science Online conference this week, meeting with other scientist communicators and hatching various plots for DSN’s…
View More A glass more than half full of awesomeTGIF – Antarctic Ice Arch Collapse
Via Chris Rowan (@Allochthonous) on Twitter, comes this excellent and beautiful sequence of an ice arch collapsing in Antarctica.
View More TGIF – Antarctic Ice Arch CollapseWhat’s in a name? Origins of the word “shark”
This article is reposted from my old blog Deep Type Flow and was originally published 7/12/2010 To a recent roundup of whale shark news, I appended…
View More What’s in a name? Origins of the word “shark”