WaterNotes

Bioluminescence is old hat, right? TED’s latest talk from the Mission Blue Voyage featuring Edith Widder’s astounding presentation on bioluminescent animals may have you considering otherwise. Bioluminescence has evolved independently perhaps some 40-50 times? Eighty to ninety percent of life in the oceans has some capacity to produce their own light? Bioluminescent signatures can allow [...]

Sneaker males are downright dastardly. Isabella Rosselini shed some light on this in her series Seduce Me on the Sundance Channel, but it also got press on the Life series on Discovery Channel. Sneakers aren’t strictly just for cuttlefish either.  My lovely Apistogramma cichlids that I kept in aquaria during high school and college had [...]

Earth Day 2010 is less than a week away and to commemorate the 40th anniversary DisneyNature decided to release its new film Oceans. In partnership with the Nature Conservancy they’re doing something rather spectacular for the entire opening week (from April 22 – 28th) and have committed to donate $0.20 for every ticket purchased towards [...]

Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue project continues to gather steam after the successful trip out to the Galapagos just last week. With several celebrities in tow (some of the few people who could afford the huge fundraising-level ticket price of $20,000), Dr. Earle and a few dozen scientists met up onboard to discuss the future of [...]

Or mermaids.  A hat tip to Emily of Oceana for reminding me that the 2nd annual Ocean Heroes contest is underway! Entries are due by April 18th!  Send your nominations (you can even nominate yourself) through the official page and be sure to note whether they belong to the Junior (under 18) or Adult categories, [...]

When the programs end, the kids are turned loose into the aquariums with their chaperones, or we send them off to board their buses, I inevitably feel a sense of relief mixed with exhaustion and a dash of hope.   The relief is mostly that all we didn’t lose any students in the chaos that [...]