"Worm" has numerous meanings, including: a weak or despicable person; a self-replicating, detrimental computer program; or, the coiled pipe of…
Bonnie J. CardoneJanuary 22, 2013
Some of the sea creatures I've described for California Diving News are more than a little aggressive. Many crabs, however,…
Bonnie J. CardoneNovember 6, 2012
With more than 100 rockfish species worldwide, about 60 live in the ocean off the SoCal coast. Some are closely…
Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 24, 2012
In researching last month's article on dorids, I finally got around to sorting my more than 370 photos of nudibranchs…
Bonnie J. CardoneSeptember 18, 2012
Many underwater photographers love nudibranchs and I am not the only one with numerous images of these colorful creatures. We…
Bonnie J. CardoneAugust 8, 2012
Lying on or crawling ever so slowly across the bottom, the sea star looks deceptively simple and slightly out of…
Bonnie J. CardoneJuly 18, 2012
My introduction to sea urchins -- on my first scuba dive -- was a learning experience. I learned how easily…
Bonnie J. CardoneJuly 5, 2012
Imagine what Hollywood would do with a film about anemones. Take aggregating anemones for example. They are relatively small, but…
Bonnie J. CardoneApril 26, 2012
My first giant sea bass encounter occurred off San Nicolas Island in the 1970s. I sensed something overhead and looked…
Bonnie J. CardoneApril 3, 2012
