Classification
“Mine is the first step and therefore a small one…” Aristotle
Cetaceans
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee… Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Pinnipeds
Ever wonder why Navy Seals are called “Seals”?
Marine Mammals and the New Arctic
“For the times they are a-changing”
Bob Dylan
Marine Mammal Diving Adaptations
Satellite tags are telling us some amazing stories about marine mammal diving behavior.
Seabirds
At length did cross an Albatross,?Thorough the fog it came…The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Coolridge
Marine Reptiles
You never met someone so loyal as a sea turtle female is to her beach…
Non-Bony Fish
The hunters have become the hunted, sharks and their kin are in serious trouble…
Bony Fish
I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it… W.C. Fields
Fishing
It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming… John Steinbeck
Marine Invertebrates
What they lack in backbone they make up for in beauty and curiosity…
Plankton
All of marine biology begins with plankton…