Once upon a time, before I took up underwater photography, I was a hunter. Off San Clemente Island one day…
Bonnie J. CardoneDecember 11, 2021
California divers are lucky that giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), the largest kelp in the world, grows off our coast. With…
Bonnie J. CardoneMarch 13, 2020
This is the last of three articles on how to identify whales commonly seen off the California coast. Humpbacks were…
Bonnie J. CardoneMarch 9, 2020
I know of no other wildlife excursions where seeing an entire animal is rare and viewing parts of it are…
Bonnie J. CardoneDecember 9, 2019
My introduction to sea urchins — on my first scuba dive — was a learning experience. I learned how easily…
Bonnie J. CardoneNovember 12, 2019
Of all the marine animals in the world, tunicates are vetebrates’ closest relatives and that includes the class Mammalia (us).…
Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 18, 2019
Colonial cup coral, photo by D Sheckler It’s a fact stranger than fiction: there are underwater creatures commonly found in…
Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 2, 2019
Shrimp belong to the Phylum Arthropoda, which means jointed leg and includes 75 percent of all animals. They aren’t all…
Bonnie J. CardoneJuly 15, 2019
While riding an Amtrak train along the coast just south of Santa Barbara I had an epiphany. It was sparked…
Bonnie J. CardoneJune 13, 2019
