If you’re a regular WaterNotes reader you may remember that I have a certain soft spot for red wolves. The extinct-in-the-wild species exists only because of the dedication of the zoo and aquarium community in the United States and the efforts of fish and wildlife biologists who monitor and manage reintroduced populations of red [...]
Ten years ago, at the very feisty age of sixteen, I had driven to Florida from Delaware on a quest to relax and have adventures while on spring break. Easter fell late enough in my school district that a beautiful thing happened; my break lined up perfectly with the first full moon in April [...]
Its a good thing harbor seal pups aren’t bent on world domination. If the silvery babies were true megalomaniacs I would have no choice but to obey their every whim. As it is I took over a hundred photos of a few born at one of the local marine parks here in Florida [...]
Babies! I’m excited to yet again see the adorable furry faces of lanugo-coated seal pups arriving almost daily. No, they’re not in the lagoon or the Atlantic coastline of Florida, but they are still popping up (popping out, perhaps?) here in the state between all the various marine parks, zoos, and aquariums. [...]
The Georgia Aquarium officially has the cutest baby zoo animals ever: tiny spotted wobbegong shark pups. Orectolobus maculatus, like many shark species, technically gives live birth to several pups, up to a record 37, in a litter in a smooth trick known as ovovivipary. Thankfully for pups that are a little late on [...]
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