As kids most of us learned the common names of many of the plants and animals we encountered in our…
Marty SnydermanJuly 20, 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
What can I say? I am a sucker for cute and interesting faces underwater (other than divers, of course). And…
Dale ShecklerJanuary 31, 2012
One fine summer day years ago, a friend and I took a small boat to a shallow cove off Anacapa,…
Bonnie J. CardoneDecember 13, 2011
Ever see pictures of a critter that seems to have evolved from that box where all the holiday decorations are…
Craig HooverNovember 29, 2011
I couldn't believe my luck. I had just reached the bottom at 20 feet and was cruising toward the kelp…
Bonnie J. CardoneNovember 1, 2011
Last August, a Pacific electric ray sought out the company of divers on more than one dive on Farnsworth Bank's…
Bonnie J. CardoneOctober 13, 2011
