Tomorrow, July 12th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (CMA) will attempt to spawn white abalone and members of the public are invited to watch! Why is this exciting? Because in the wild, white abalone are considered to be reproductively extinct; meaning there are too few living too far apart in the… [read more]
List of sea lions
Visit any beach or pier in California and there is a good chance you will see a California sea lion. In fact, California sea lions seem to be everywhere enjoying one of the following activities: lounging on buoys, sinking small boats, stealing fish from fishermen, swimming with dolphins, resting on prime pier real estate, and… [read more]
Red, white and blue ocean style
In honor of the 4th of July, here’s a post on red, white and blue ocean style. Red: In the ocean, red often serves as a warning color, as in watch out predators, if you try to eat me there will be serious trouble. The bright red coloring of the California scorpionfish alerts potential diners… [read more]
The octopus escape artist
The adjacent slightly blurry photo features an octopus that was caught on the Catalina Above and Below trip hosted by Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Octopuses are often referred to as the most intelligent invertebrate and the octopus in the photo proved to be no exception. Upon being placed in the tank, it immediately curled up in… [read more]
List of dolphins
People really seem to be into lists. So I have decided to start posting lists of related species. This is going to be an ongoing project. This list features dolphins. There are two types of dolphins, those that live in the ocean and those that live in rivers and estuaries. Oceanic dolphins are all members… [read more]
Check out this giant sea hare!
A quick timeout from discussing ocean science and sea level rise so I can post a photo of a massive sea hare! I met this sea hare on the Catalina Above and Below trip hosted by Cabrillo Marine Aquarium on June 11th. This is my favorite trip of all time because you get to see… [read more]
Introducing oceanographer Josh Willis
In my ongoing pursuit to understand ocean science and marine life, I’ve attended many lectures. My favorite and one that still stands out in my memory was presented by Josh Willis, an oceanographer who works for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, more commonly known as JPL. What was so great about this talk? It was presented… [read more]
Thoughts on World Oceans Day
Another World Oceans Day has come and gone. (It was yesterday, June 8th, in case you missed it!) And I can’t stop thinking about an article I read yesterday titled “Goodbye Holocene, hello Anthropocene.” The article discusses how humans have managed to make such an impressively destructive impact on planet earth that we are transitioning… [read more]
Diving into the more complicated side of the ocean
When I started writing my blog, I purposely named it Ocean Wild Things to keep my options open. Because not only do the world’s oceans contain many wild and crazy critters, oceans are wild in every way. My intention was to write about the physical characteristics of the oceans right away, but the more I… [read more]
Sea stars: staying clean on the ocean floor
Staying clean on the ocean floor is tough. Shipwrecks quickly become hot new real estate for fishes seeking shelter, barnacles set up shop on everything from rocks to gray whales, and algae slowly expand their domain to pretty much anything sitting around for too long. So what’s a slow moving sea star to do? It… [read more]
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