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 [...]

Over the years I’ve heard, and even shared, many theories and points of conjecture to explain the ubiquitous question about hammerhead sharks: what in the name of Poseidon is that headshape for?
Some of the more interesting of the swirling theories included:

Increased surface area for sensory organs and enhanced ability to interpret, understand, and respond to [...]

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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 [...]

Color me green. Super green, even, with absolute envy. I heard via Herbie Hippocampus yesterday that there was a new resident over at Monterey Bay Aquarium: a female juvenile white shark.
I was lucky to see a white on display at the Aquarium several years ago. If you are even remotely [...]

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 [...]