WaterNotes

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 [...]

Get This Widget!TOPP.org I’ve been following the Tagging of Pacific Predators project for months. The project’s scope continues to expand and their species pages list many ambitious “coming soon” tags for all manner of mammals, reptile, and fishy predators that lurk in the brine. Imagine my surprise then when it was Sea Notes that brought [...]

A hat tip to Ann Barrett of National Geographic who wrote to me after spying my confessional post on sea turtles and memories of my grandfather. National Geographic’s May issue features leatherback sea turtles with some absolutely dazzling photographs by Brian Skerry included. (Well, naturally they’re dazzling photos, it is NatGeo afterall!) Alongside the visual [...]

My inner nerd is exulting and frolicking at the moment. Go ahead and bookmark WhaleNet (hosted through Wheelock College). Its a seriously interesting marine resource. While other rescue groups have done a great deal to satellite track and tag released marine mammals and other wildlife the maps for the animals’ locations are not always readily [...]

I’ve been keeping tabs on a number of topics covered in previous posts here at WaterNotes that I wanted to update: Rita, one of the celebrity manatees released so far this year, continues to make progress out in the wild. Her satellite tracks show a steady movement around the immediate area near her release point [...]

How do you keep tabs on a rescued and released marine mammal?  Often rescues are tracked by satellite responders, but if you’re a mediterranean monk seal by the name of Victoria, everytime you surface you text your MOm.  Really. MOm is a Greek organization working towards monk seal conservation, education, rehabilitation, and protection in the Greek islands.  [...]