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  • Deep-sea angler fish

    This video from MBARI shows never-before seen footage of a deep-sea angler fish,Chaunacops coloratus. In it, we summarize recent work by scientists at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The video seen here was recorded by MBARI’s ROV Doc Ricketts at depths of 7,800 – 10,800 feet below…

  • Reversing the life cycle

    There is a great piece in the NYT today about the classic marine biology paper “Reversing the life cycle“, that describes the discovery that a small hydrozoan (a cnidarian, related to corals, jellyfishes and sea anemones) can reverse it’s life cycle, something unheard of until the mid 1980s. After more than 4,000 years — almost since…

  • Over the falls

    I know this feeling. It is not a good feeling. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTrzAjZHTBQ&[/youtube]

  • Kook Jamie O’Brien rides sea turtle

    Oy vey! One of the world’s most famous free surfers and tube riding master, Jamie O’Brian, has created a massive controversy in Hawaii (and elsewhere) by posting this picture on his FB page: Not cool Jamie.  At least ride an adult! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQBTzf2yGks&[/youtube]

  • What does the election mean for national ocean policy?

    Answer: no big changes at NOAA, where the agency will try to consolidate all the new policies it developed during Obama’s first term. But what congress and the White House will do is more complicated. One of my big concerns about a Romney win, was the loss of Dr Jane Lubchenco, who heads NOAA.  In…

  • Progress on shark conservation

    There has been some good news (and a little bad news) in the shark fishing regulation world recently.  I am especially happy about the announcement by NOAA that it will greatly limit shark fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic ocean, primarily to reduce catch of ducky dusky and black tip sharks (more…

  • Mark Hixon Tedx on coral reef conservation

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AmhreLy3pk&[/youtube]  

  • Diving with goliaths

    Earlier this year I came face to face with some of the biggest and quite possibly the most endangered fish I’ve ever met. For my PhD I studied humphead wrasse and spent a lot of time in their company underwater so I’m quite used to seeing big fish. But goliath groupers are massive. Like humphead wrasse, dozens…

  • Rangiroa spur and groove

    A dramatic spur and groove fore reef structure on the south side of Rangiroa, French Polynesia. Photo by Dr. Andy Bruckner. See more photos from the Living Ocean Foundation’s Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia cruise here.

  • Mark Hixon’s lionfish Tedx

    This is a talk by Marine Ecologist and reef fish ecology expert Dr Mark Hixon of OSU.  I love it!  Mark and I apparently have a lot in common.  I love my job too.  But the special knowledge it gives you – the painful and needless loss of the ocean’s biodiversity – can be a…

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