Imagine coming to a nice, long stretch of sandy beach, fully intent on finding a spot to settle in. But…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 23, 2008
Look! Up in the stream! It’s a bird-it’s a plain (trout)—no, it’s Super Fish!Oh, you don’t recall Super Fish from…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 23, 2008
As a rule, neither sea urchins nor their scientific names are thought of by the average person in terms of…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 22, 2008
How many seashells do you know? A thousand? A couple hundred? Maybe only a few dozen? Worldwide, it is estimated…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 17, 2008
One of the harshest environments anywhere is the intertidal zone. Practically nowhere else on earth is so regularly exposed to…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 14, 2008
If there is one thing about the ocean that everybody knows, it is that there are sharks out there—lots of…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 14, 2008
It was meant to be a voyage of discovery, and in that regard, it achieved its goal. But it also…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 11, 2008
One of the interesting trivialities that has infiltrated the English language is the wide assortment of words that refer to…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 11, 2008
Along the coast of California, there is a group of snails, members of the Subfamily Thaidinae, with a variety of…
Nancy Vander VeldeDecember 11, 2008
