In ten short years after being introduced to California in 1879, this East Coast fish -- the striped bass -- has established itself in...

Santa isn’t the only one sporting red velvet this season. The velvety red sponge (Ophlitaspongia pennata) also sports a bright red coat...

These clowns of the sea – the southern sea otter -- so called because of their silly antics and playfulness, are the only member of the...

A recent research publication out of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography examined the role of reef fishes in keeping corals healthy...

How do you measure a fish? What items can be found in a wrack line? What is a wrack line? How many animals live in a tidepool? Students...

Under rapidly changing conditions animals have 3 “choices”: migrate, adapt or die. Ocean temperatures are rising rapidly (a byproduct of...

With the November starry nights of the Leonid Meteor Shower (Nov. 16-18), this is the perfect time to look down at the starry flounder...

A recent study out of University of California, Davis examined one of the largest groups of animals largely affected by plastics:...

One month ago we posted a blog about Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, a recently established Marine Protected Area...

Dolphins have accents? Sperm whales have varied dialects? Cod have different “voices”? Just like humans, some animal populations have...