WaterNotes

One of the most interesting partnerships I’ve ever seen captured on film… a labrador retriever and a bottlenose dolphin, frolicking in a bay.

I love sidewalk chats and presentations for impromptu on-the-ground teaching. They’re especially effective when you have a live animal in your hands. Over the years I’ve been lucky to hold and present many different species, particularly reptiles, including the lovely and colorful Mali Uromastyx. The other day, while holding a Mali, I had quite the [...]

I have a problem.  A jargon problem. As in, I love jargon.  Cephalic scoops.  Pineal glands.  Zygomatic arches.  Harpacticoid copepods.  Ziphiidae.  Eutrophication.  Nitrogenous waste.  Circadian rhythms.  Photosynthetically active radiation levels.  Catadromous and anadromous fishes! And on, and on, and on. I often forget that if I’m going to use a scientific term when teaching that [...]

When the programs end, the kids are turned loose into the aquariums with their chaperones, or we send them off to board their buses, I inevitably feel a sense of relief mixed with exhaustion and a dash of hope.   The relief is mostly that all we didn’t lose any students in the chaos that [...]

Duluth, Topeka, and Sarasota are all vying to be the first to host Google Fiber. Each city’s mayor has taken to somewhat dramatic demonstrations to prove their city is the best choice; in fact Sarasota’s mayor dove the shark aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory to show his commitment. I happen to love the video clip [...]

Vancouver Aquarium welcomed a little female beluga to their pod back in June of this year and now they’re ready to name the toddler. In keeping with traditions at many marine centers and zoos, they’ve opened up a contest to their guests and supporters to come up with a great name. Although, in keeping with [...]