Green Flashes Demystified
Ask a group of people if they’ve ever seen a green flash, and some interesting responses will follow. Some may say a green flash…
Weird Stuff
Fish Imagery: Through the Ages
While working on a history project in the archives of the library at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I stumbled across a book that virtually…
How Fishes Use Color
What is the most beautifully colored fish in the world? This is a question that can be passionately debated for hours. Surely the Harlequin…
Squid Run – Invasion of the Cephalopods
New Year’s Eve, and the clock was just about to strike midnight. In the streets and bars of San Diego’s famed La Jolla district,…
The Wonderfully Wacky World Of Fishes
When full grown they vary in length from less than one-fifth of an inch/1 cm to almost 50 feet/16m. Their weight ranges from being…
MATING GAMES: Courtship and Seduction in the Sea
The first time I was asked to go grunion hunting, I was extremely flattered. You see, I was new to the San Diego area,…
The Amazing Ocean: The Facts of Life Under the Sea
A well-known Chinese proverb maintains that a picture is worth a thousand words. That’s especially true in a world where we’re bombarded with information,…
Of Glowing Interest: Bioluminescence in Marine Animals
The only glow-in-the-dark creature familiar to most of us is the lightning bug. A few other land creatures, such as glow worms and types…