The internets are abuzz today with the recent sighting of a king penguin with nearly all-black coloration. Seems this fully fledged adult didn’t get the memo about his species’ usual attire including a large white apron front of feathers. However, he’s not the only unusually colored marine animal out there at the moment. In the [...]
White sharks in Florida? I used to answer this question with a quip: “maybe at the Jaws cruise in Universal Studios.” (Oh teachers and their sense of humor.) These big predators aren’t exactly the most common of finds off of our coastlines if you go by what is popularly known of them from most news [...]
What can a 400 year old northern right whale bone tell you? Apparently, a heck of a lot. New research published in the journal Conservation Genetics was written up by the BBC just today about northern right whales. These are the highly endangered species that migrates off of Florida’s coastline at this time of year. [...]
While on a mission to find images of southern right whales I happened upon Dennis Buurman’s beautiful online gallery of marine mammals from the coasts of New Zealand. Take a look at the images he presents including dusky dolphins, Hector’s dolphin, sperm whales, albatross, fur seals, and other ocean wildlife. Just gorgeous.
On very ambitious mornings I sometimes like to grab coffee, my swimswuit, a towel, and a camera and head out to the coast to watch the sunrise. I’m not a morning person at all, so this plan – often made at 10pm the night before – doesn’t always congeal into fruition. In fact I once [...]
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