10 Moving Quotes About Our Ocean
It’s been well-known for centuries that the natural world contains an unmatched and seemingly magical power to heal, to calm and to stir the soul. As decades have passed, much has changed, but one thing that has certainl...
10 Moving Quotes About Our Ocean
What’s being called “the worst marine crisis in the nation’s history” is unfolding off the coast of Sri Lanka. More than two weeks ago, a cargo ship carrying thousands of containers of toxic chemicals, oil and plastic pe...
“The Worst Marine Crisis in the Nation’s History”
In April 2021, Florida was staring down an immediate environmental calamity. The Piney Point phosphogypsum stack just south of Tampa had failed and had begun to spill millions of gallons of toxic, nutrient-rich, possibly...
3 Lessons Learned from Florida’s Piney Point Disaster
The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! I am thrilled to announce that your chance to share fin-credibly fin-spiring ocean snapshots has finally returned. Although we haven’t been able to travel...
Our 2021 Photo Contest Has Finally Arrived
It may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about cruise ships, but those giant vessels generate a lot of wastewater. Much of that is greywater: liquid waste from things like showers, laundry faciliti...
Untreated Greywater is Gross—We Need to Do Better for Our Ocean
Let’s be honest: not many people would have hagfish on their list of “most charismatic marine species.” They are slimy, they eat dead things, they have rows of tooth-like structures straight out of a horror movie. But ar...
What the Heck is a Hagfish?
The significance of the ocean to humanity cannot be overstated, whether it is regulating Earth’s climate, providing food to billions or helping society transition to renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. Yet, our understan...
An Ocean of Data
Whale sharks, loggerhead sea turtles, hammerhead sharks … some of our favorite marine animals are some of the ones most at-risk. It’s going to take all of us to ensure that these incredible ocean animals survive and thri...
How Well Do You Know Endangered Ocean Species?
Historical illustrations give us a glimpse into the scientific research of the past—and they can be very cool to look at! We can view thousands of historical illustrations of marine life thanks to the Biodiversity Herita...
12 Incredible Historical Illustrations of Shells
At the end of April, my wife and I went away for a couple of nights, a welcome change of scenery in the era of COVID-19. We stayed near the 22-mile-long Matanuska Glacier, in the Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska. In...