Peak Poke? (Or, Our Choices Have Consequences)
One of my favorite urban myths is that at any point in time you are never more than six...
Tag: hawaii
Mesmerizing Schools of Convict Tangs
One of my favorite places in the entirety of the Hawaiian Islands is the Kapoho Tide Pools. Lava flows from...
The Bodacious and the Beautiful: the aerial view of Banzai's massive waves
While I might not be a surfer, I sure do love waves. And I am loving this footage of...
An overfishing story told by bird collagen
Meet The Hawaiian Petrel (or ʻUaʻu or Pterodroma sandwichensis) a bird species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands but with an...
Extraordinary dolphin footage
In my inbox today was this video of a remarkable bit of animal behaviour captured on video. It shows...
Guest Post: True Confessions of a Dolphin-Loving Marine Biologist
This is a guest post from Alexis Rudd, who is a doctoral student at the Hawaii Institute of Marine...
The real cookie monster
Field Museum scientist Josh Drew recently brought to my attention a new and unusual paper describing a world first. ...
Plastic pollution on Hawaii’s famed green sand beach
I have a new post up at the SEAPLEX blog (where I put all my marine debris stuff). A...
Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010)
It’s with a heavy heart that I report that Dr. Isabella “Izzy” Abbott, scientist, passionate ocean science educator, and...
Friday Deep Sea Picture: Looking Down the Barrel of a Wave
Imagine yourself from the inside of the wave, barreling shoreward, and exploding out into millions of watery pieces. Intense...