WaterNotes

Its been a rough few weeks in Florida wildlife conservation circles, particularly with our lovely sea cows, so lets take a moment today to share some positive things.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium recently rescued a sea otter pup and brought her in to live with another resident otter.
Daily Mail shares a number of ridiculously beautiful action [...]

Oceana consistently leads the pack in ocean conservation outreach. Their tremendous web presence – as well as a blog – recently expanded to include a new campaign. Scared For Sharks features a new ocean hero, January Jones from the teevee series Mad Men. Now.. I hardly have the time for teevee [...]

Sylvia Earle’s TEDPrize talk last night did not disappoint. Built between her comments about the relative fragileness of the ocean and its complex systems were a slew of passionate beliefs that she holds about the watery parts of our world. She quoted a poem noting: “Thousands have lived without love, none without water.” [...]

TED2009 is underway out in California this week and tonight’s webcast event is something not to be missed, especially if you’re an ocean lover. Why not? Dr Sylvia Earle will give her TED Prize talk tonight and will present one wish to the world. I have been excited to hear what Dr [...]

I was greatly saddened to learn today that Michael Crichton, author of practically every book I worshipped as a kid, passed away yesterday at the age of 66.  I entirely credit Crichton with inspiring my early interest in genetics, research, science and science fiction.  Who could read Jurassic Park and not be intrigued by the incredible potential of [...]