Wildlife photographer Michael Daniel Ho reported back from his whale watching trip in the Santa Barbara Channel this weekend, which was hosted by the American Cetacean Society on the Condor Express. Unfortunately, he started the trip with a bout of seasickness. Thankfully, during the trip they saw a dozen blue and humpback whales, which made… [read more]
7 cool sea hare facts
As a follow-up to my first post about sea hares, here are seven cool sea hare facts: 1. Large wing-like flaps protect the gills and some species of sea hares use these flaps for swimming, duo-purpose wing-like flaps in those cases. 2. The two tentacle-like extensions on the top of the head that stick up… [read more]
This is your chance to create a crazy scientific name!
In honor of World Oceans Day on June 8th, Birch Aquarium is hosting a contest to name two recently identified species of deep-sea worms. This is your chance to come up with a crazy scientific name! The general public gets to name one worm and the other deep-sea worm will be named by a K-12… [read more]
Black-crowned night herons: masters of motionlessness
It’s a statue, it’s a fake bird, no wait, is that a bird? This is the series of thoughts that ran through my mind the first time I saw a stout, squat, perfectly still bird sitting on the Redondo Pier. This bird didn’t move an inch, even when I was standing less than a foot… [read more]
Introducing wildlife photographer Michael Daniel Ho
I’ve been pondering ways to expand the topics and interests covered on Ocean Wild Things and one of the best ways to do so is bring other people’s ideas and expertise into the mix. Wildlife photographer Michael Daniel Ho has agreed to be one of those people! I met Michael through our common interest: whale… [read more]
List of toothed whales (includes whales, dolphins and porpoises)
Since I recently posted a list of baleen whales, I decided it was time to post a list of toothed whales. Toothed whales make up the scientific suborder Ondontoceti, which includes an impressive list of species. Similar to the baleen whales, every list out there is slightly different. The list compiled below is based on… [read more]
1 out of 6 women has too much mercury
It turns out that the mercury statistic in my post regarding Ted Danson’s talk at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was wrong. The correct statistic is: 1 out of every 6 women of child bearing age has too much mercury in her system to have a child without the risk of neurological problems.… [read more]
RIP my favorite California spiny lobster
Alas, Tank, my favorite California spiny lobster at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, died this past weekend. One minute he was sitting on his favorite rock, the next minute he was on the bottom of the tank on his side. A lobster on its side usually means one of two things, it’s molting or it died. Unfortunately,… [read more]
Ted Danson on his new book Oceana
I had an awesome weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. For anyone who hasn’t been to the festival, you must go! It’s the largest book festival in the U.S., maybe even the world (but don’t quote me on that), and it’s FREE! The only thing you have to pay for… [read more]
6 ways to show Earth appreciation everyday
Another Earth Day has come and gone, but instead of showing your appreciation one day a year, show it everyday! This is actually much simpler than you might think, despite all the overwhelming information and dire statistics out there. Here are 6 easy ways to help the Earth and protect our oceans on a daily… [read more]
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