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Field Guides to Pacific Shore Life: Identify Tidepool Critters, Jellyfish, Seaweeds, Beach Wildflowers

By: Linda McDonnell

Amateur Plankton Nets: Capture Marine Planktonic Organisms to Watch or Photograph Swimming

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Seashore Life by Eugene Kozloff: A Guide to Plants and Animals of the Northern Pacific Coast

By: Linda McDonnell

Flying Fish: Escape Predators by Gliding Flight

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Pilot Whales: Cheetahs of the Deep Hunt Squid in High Speed Chases

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Coral Reef Cleaner Fish: Pacific Ocean Wrasse Dances to Attract Clients

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Whales/Tohora a Major Exhibition: Science and Storytelling Reveal our Link with these Sea Mammals

By: Vivienne May Ball

Whale Evolution and Classification: Characteristic Shared Between Cetacean Species

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Whale Brain and Intelligence: Behaviour Song Communication Suggest Complex Thinking

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Whale Identification: Whales Recognise One Another - Humans Identify Species, Individuals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

East Pacific Gray Whales: Atlantic Population Extinct, Asian Critically Endangered

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Pacific Grunt Sculpin: A Fish Suitable for the Aquarium and the Pacific Rim Biotope Tank

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Modern Salmon And The Ice Age: Salmon Life History Is Tested First by Mountain Building, Then Ice

By: John Pohl

Salmon In The Orogenic Crucible: Mountain Uplift And Volcanism Impacted Early Salmonids

By: John Pohl

New Species of Angler Fish Found: Indonesian Waters Home to Rare Frogfish

By: Sue Cartledge

Pacific Salmon Develop Anadromy: Early Salmon Traded Fresh for Salt Water in Search of Food

By: John Pohl

The Salmon's Ancient Origins: Did Pacific Salmon Come from Salt or Fresh Water Salmonids?

By: John Pohl

The Genetic Variation of Salmon: Pacific Salmon Hold the Pacific Northwest in Their Genes

By: John Pohl

Jellyfish--Planktonic Predator: Tentacles and Stinging Harpoons Make Jellyfish Formidable Predators

By: John Pohl

Antarctic Krill Feed Giant Whales: Short Food Chains Allow Efficient Feeding

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

The Largest Whale: Blue Whales Eat Small Planktonic Animals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

White Whales: Belugas and Narwhals Fish Arctic Waters

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Sperm Whales: Dive Like Submarines to Catch Giant Squid

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Humpback Whales: Catching Fish Using Bubble-Nets

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Right Whales: Marine Mammals Endangered by Whaling

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Killer Whales: Intelligent Hunters with Complex Social Lives

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

North Pacific Salmon Sharks: Lamna Ditropis, Relative of the White Shark, is a Key Apex Predator

By: John Pohl

Copepods: Marine Crustaceans that Eat Phytoplankton and Feed Fish

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Insects: Ocean Striders Skate Over Tropical Seas

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Risso’s Dolphin and Pelorus Jack: Grampus griseus Eats Squid and Bears Their Scars

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Seasonal Shellfish Ideas: Christmas Menus for Oysters and Lobsters

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Penguins: Marine Birds of the Southern Hemisphere

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Sea Otters: Kelp Management Specialists Hunted to the Edge of Extinction

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Sea Spiders: Pycnogonids are Predatory Marine Arthropods

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Barnacles: Permanently Attached and Parasitic Cirripedes

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Plant Life: Phytoplankton Feed Most Marine Animals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Animal Life: Echinoderms Coelenterates Sponges Vertebrates and Other Phyla

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Mammals: Dolphins Porpoises Whales Dugongs and Seals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Crabs: Their Taxonomy, Anatomy, Physiology, and Geographic Distribution

By: Wesley Rouse

Allis Shad: Needs Clean Cool Water to Spawn

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Biology Research Experiment: Population Dynamics of Barnacles in the Intertidal Zone

By: Wesley Rouse

Corals: Ocean Invertebrates in Peril

By: Wesley Rouse

The Giant Triton: is a favourite of shell-collectors.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Red Tide in the Gulf Of Mexico: The role of Karenia brevis on Florida's beaches.

By: Wesley Rouse

Cowries: Collected for their Beauty.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Mantis Shrimp: an interesting crustacean to keep in a Reef Tank.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Cleaner Shrimp: cleaner shrimps remove parasites from many reef fish.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Antarctic Silverfish: a fish that has overcome environmental and evolutionary problems.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Coelacanths: Two Living Species of Latimeria and their Evolution.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

The ‘Humming Toadfish’: a very ugly fish that sings and can flash in the dark.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

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