Once the sails went up, the deck was anything but level. For the kids, the first 30 minutes were “pure adrenaline!”
Kids at sea!
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Earth Day Is a Call to Listen—and to Act
This Earth Month, Send Some Students to Sea!
Since 2019, OCR has welcomed students from across the Bay Area aboard research-equipped sailboats for immersive marine science experiences.
Superpods!
This week a “super pod” of dolphins was captured (on video) in Monterey Bay. Large aggregations of dolphins occur and are occasionally witnessed when they are in coastal waters amongst vessel traffic.
World Whale Day 2025!
it appears that there were a number of these tetrapods who were not entirely enthused by the reliable forces of gravity, so back 55-64 million years ago they began migrating back into the water. These became the cetaceans…
Fish Ears 2 – Fishes hear where they are…
Fishes can “hear” their surroundings though their bodies – sensing where they are. Are they “aware” of this? Perhaps no more than we are “aware” of seeing through our eyes.
Fish Ears 1 – What do fishes really hear?
Most of the auditory threshold research on fishes has assumed that they use sound much as mammals do. We found this assumption to be somewhat out in the weeds…
Diving into the World of Orcas with Todd Thimios
A close encounter with a pod of wild orcas is a dream for many divers. As the ocean’s apex predator, orcas are equally as graceful as they are powerful.
Another Angle on Standards
Standard metrics and vocabulary assures us that scientific and technical research is clearly understood, and repeatable. But it also can confer commercial advantages if the “Standard” conforms to already-developed, proprietary technologies.
Whale-Ship strikes expanded
Wading into a thicket of informed speculation here; the distinction between the ship-strikes and cuts are likely due to how the various animals dwell in their respective habitats, and how they respond to threats.