FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification The Sequential Life of the California Sheephead Many marine animals are hermaphrodites. Nudibranchs, for instance. It is thought that being able to mate with any same species…Bonnie J. CardoneDecember 17, 2013
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification Tunicates: The Surprisingly Complex Sea Squirts Of all the marine animals in the world, tunicates are vetebrates' closest relatives and that includes the class Mammalia (us).…Bonnie J. CardoneNovember 26, 2013
Marine LifeMarine Life IdentificationMarine mammals A Committed Commuter: The California Gray Whale It is early fall in the northern hemisphere as I write this. By now a significant number of California gray…Marty SnydermanNovember 12, 2013
CnidariaMarine LifeMarine Life Identification California’s Undersea Flower Animals: The Stony Corals 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
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification Bryozoans: Mother Nature’s Look-Alikes Ever look at a horse and wonder if it was a pig or a cat? Me neither. I have however,…Bonnie J. CardoneAugust 30, 2013
FishMarine LifeMarine Life Identification A California Icon — The Garibaldi One of the first things I learned when I moved to California in 1975 was that the garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)…Marty SnydermanAugust 22, 2013
Hunting and GatheringMarine Life Recipe: Seared Halibut Halibut is a favorite of many seafood lovers because of its mild flavor. The meat has a firm, large flake.…Trevor Cook The SCUBA ChefJuly 18, 2013
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification Soft Bodies, Striking Beauty: Uncommon Opisthobranchs 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
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification Very Large, Indeed: In Praise of Giant Kelp 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
Marine LifeMarine Life Identification Rocks, Rainbows, Scorpions: A Playful Look at the Scorpaenidae Family 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