It's a fact stranger than fiction: there are underwater creatures commonly found in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast…
Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 22, 2013
One of the first things I learned when I moved to California in 1975 was that the garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)…
Marty SnydermanAugust 22, 2013
Some of the prettiest creatures in the sea belong to the phylum Mollusca, most specifically the subclass Opisthobranchia, which includes…
Bonnie J. CardoneJuly 11, 2013
Taxonomists got it right when they assigned giant kelp its Latin name, Macrocystis pyrifera. It is indeed very large in…
Bonnie J. CardoneMay 14, 2013
Paper covers rock. Scissors cut paper. Rock dulls scissors. You know the game, right? In the California fish version, called…
Bonnie J. CardoneApril 23, 2013
Among the approximately 10,000 species that belong to the phylum Cnidaria (the ‚ "C" is silent), there are at least…
Bonnie J. CardoneMarch 13, 2013
"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
"If they only knew." That was the thought that ran through my mind as I surfaced at 12:40 a.m. on…
Marty SnydermanDecember 20, 2012
Gorgonian corals, known as sea fans and also called horny corals, belong to the Phylum Cnidaria (the "C" is silent),…
Bonnie J. CardoneDecember 13, 2012
