Hawaiian monk seals are currently the second most endangered marine mammal in the world. Have you ever even heard about them? Chances are, you haven’t. The population hovers at just 1300 animals (some reports say 1200). To give you an idea of just how bad this is: practically everyone knows that West Indian Manatees are an endangered [...]
I’m starting to think that – like Christmas – Earth Day just isn’t Earth Day without kids to celebrate it with. Which is why I happily sacrificed a few hours of studying to participate today. We did a wildflower walk, donated caterpillars to classrooms (zebra wings!), a trash pickup, and ate cupcakes made from organic ingredients. And [...]
Ahh the sea slugs. I’ve known about nudibranchs and their incredibly diverse life history patterns and appearances since early on in high school marine invertebrate class. I always thought they were pretty cute.
About two years ago I discovered Elysia subornata (photo abvoe from seaslugforum.net) in my aquarium tanks that had come in with a large shipment of Caulerpa [...]
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