By now you’ve no doubt noticed that international shark protections (well, at least legislative shark protections) are beginning to pile-up. It can be truly said…
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Shark Bait: Gordon Ramsay Helps Expose Shark Finning
Below is a highlights video of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s special Shark Bait in which he does his part to root out shark finning and…
View More Shark Bait: Gordon Ramsay Helps Expose Shark FinningIn nomeni patri, et fili, et spiritus octi
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View More In nomeni patri, et fili, et spiritus octiBig text files can tell you how the ocean works
…because “High-throughput sequencing confers a deep view of seasonal community dynamics in pelagic marine environments”, however appropriate a title, seems far too dry and technical…
View More Big text files can tell you how the ocean worksBehind the veil
We had a bit of a mystery pop up while in Mexico recently for our annual whale shark research project, one with a funky twist…
View More Behind the veilGiant Squid Ceramic Art Sculptures by David Zink Yi
German-based artist David Zink Yi creates ceramic dead giant squids through a 1200 degree firing process. Each of these, the largest at 16…
View More Giant Squid Ceramic Art Sculptures by David Zink YiNew Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species
Mark Gibson is a divemaster, social scientist, and independent writer living in Washington, DC. He can be found blogging at Breaching the Blue. You can…
View More New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species“Product of Thailand” Could Be Result of Slave Labor
Two weeks ago I wrote about southeast Asian fishermen, mostly from Cambodia, being forced to work Thai and South Korean fishing vessels. Men are promised…
View More “Product of Thailand” Could Be Result of Slave LaborGiant squid found on beach
giant squid nearly four metres [13.1 ft] long has been found washed up on Farewell Spit View Larger Map via Giant squid found on beach…
View More Giant squid found on beachNew England Aquarium Subjects Fish to the Jelly Chamber of Torture
Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there…
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