Relevant to my recent post about whale shark ecotourism, this news article came across my news feed today. It seems the Director of the Department of Environment…
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Notes from the field: Mexico whale shark research 2012
Science is about discovery, observation and understanding, but it doesn’t always proceed smoothly and inexorably towards success. Real science, especially RealBiology®, is often messy and…
View More Notes from the field: Mexico whale shark research 2012Fishy phone home
If you’re at all interested in charismatic megafauna (it’s OK, embrace the shame), then you’ve probably heard of satellite tagging before. This is the idea…
View More Fishy phone homeDr. M and Miriam swim with manta rays & whale sharks in world’s biggest tank
Dr. Al aka para_sight: “Hey, while you’re visiting Georgia Aquarium for the Deep Sea News retreat, I can offer you the opportunity to dive in…
View More Dr. M and Miriam swim with manta rays & whale sharks in world’s biggest tankOne for the bizarre-o files
Check out this 2 ton plastinated partial whale shark dissection on display in a pedestrian shopping mall in Dalian, China: I can’t decide whether this…
View More One for the bizarre-o filesPostcard from Mexico
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…
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Hello old friends
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,…
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