Marine LifeMarine Life IdentificationRecent ArticlesSharks & Rays The Silky: The Blue Shark of Tropical Seas To my photographer’s eye, silky sharks are beautiful animals that bear strong resemblance to blue sharks. Their skin has a…Marty SnydermanFebruary 22, 2022
Dive TipsFishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification Top Ten Tips to See More Fish California reefs are full of fascinating critters adorned in living color. Our fish are among the most colorful and interesting…Bruce WatkinsAugust 11, 2021
Marine LifeMarine Life IdentificationRecent ArticlesSharks & Rays Sleek, Slender and Stunning: Blue Sharks Adjectives such as graceful and gorgeous are not the typically mentioned descriptive terms when sharks are being discussed. But in the case of…Marty SnydermanMarch 13, 2020
Marine LifeSharks & Rays “Baby Shark” Spotting Off Monterey Bay—What It’s Like to Be a Citizen Scientist Baby shark. Doo doo doo doo doodoo. Since its release in November 2015 the original “Baby Shark” video has had…Cathryn CastleDecember 23, 2019
Marine LifeMarine mammals They’re on the Move Again: Encountering Pacific Gray Whales 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
CrustaceansMarine Life Talking Shrimp: Identifying Shrimplike Creatures 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
Marine LifeMarine mammalsMollusks Steller: How a Sea Lion, Sea Cow, Birds, a Mollusk and Plants Came to Share a Name A glass globe of the earth sitting in sand of a beach with waves crashing in the backgroundAs a diver,…Marty SnydermanJune 14, 2019
CrustaceansMarine Life If the Shell Fits: The Curious Habits of Hermit Crabs 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
FishMarine Life They Look More Like Snakes Than Fish: California Moray Eels Stats (Gymnothorax mordax) Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Gnathostomata Superclass: Pisces Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Muraenidae Subfamily: Muraeninae…Bonnie J. CardoneApril 4, 2019
CnidariaMarine LifeMarine Life Identification Spotting the Two-Spot: All About the Two-Spot Octopus While two-spot octopuses are not uncommon in Southern California waters, they aren’t always easy to spot. They are usually wedged…Bonnie J. CardoneMarch 8, 2019