Southern California’s incredible giant kelp forests are home to a rich array of marine life, as well as a focus for recreational activities including SCUBA diving, snorkeling, fishing, and kayaking. …
You’ve heard the phrase “Once in a blue moon”, right? For fishermen in Nome, Alaska, something far less common than a blue moon recently occurred. An extremely rare blue-colored red king …
Watching someone scuba dive might not be on top of your list of things to see when walking into an aquarium, but when the woman scuba diving is 90 years old, …
There is an intriguing allure about man-made “things” underwater. Whether it is an old, barnacle-encrusted coffee mug or a gold bar from a Spanish galleon, the mystery and question of …
What makes a Marine Biologist scream? Find out by watching this video…. While involved in a study in the Caribbean, Roger Hanlon filmed a great video of an octopus camouflaging itself …
In physics, backscatter (or backscattering) is the reflection of waves, particles, or signals back to the direction from which they came. It’s a diffuse reflection due to scattering, as opposed to specular reflection like a mirror. Backscattering has important applications …
While spearfishing off the coast of Mexico, Cameron Dietrich spotted a distressed creature bobbing up and down near the surface of the ocean. Without hesitation, he and his buddy Colin Sutton swam over and …
My first experience diving with mating squid was in September of 2000, during a rare late summer event off La Jolla Shores in San Diego, California. To date, it still …
Diver, Beware. Well-known for its rugged, natural beauty, Monastery is the Central Coast site that separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls. Every dive site …
Fascinating critters are one of the most common reasons people are drawn to the ocean. These critters are also the driving inspiration for ReefID and its community to build online …