We Wanna Be Friends With: Cal Academy’s Cephalopod Expert Rich Ross
From 7×7 SF By Sarah Medina on March 19, 2014 6:00 PM Our city is chock-full of interesting people and wild personalities. Overwhelmed by the coolness? Every week we’ll pick one standout local we’d love to be friends with to answer seven essential questions about their life in the Bay Area. As a Senior Aquarium Biologist at […]
Skeptical Reefkeeping 9: Test Kits, Chasing Numbers and Phosphate
From Reefs Magazine by Rich Ross and Chris Jury The Editors Note: In Skeptical Reefkeeping IX, Rich Ross is joined by our old friend Chris Jury as they try to come to terms with the “impossible” yet confirmed PO4 readings in Rich’s gorgeous reef. The analysis is thorough, thought- provoking, grounded in science and suggestive of a […]
A demanding pet with 8 legs and personality
By LINDA LOMBARDI, Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 11:08 AM When Nancy King got a pet octopus, she made a serious commitment: She wouldn’t spend a night away from her home in Dallas the entire time she had it.“I had decided it would be an experiment in whether I could have a relationship with an octopus,” she says. “I sat […]
Comedy Industries/Monkey Wrench Promotional video
Rich and Scott worked for years as a comedy juggling team, working everywhere from opening for the Smothers Brothers to Pier 39 to a million corporate performances. Here is one of their promotional videos https://vimeo.com/82779934 For more information on Rich’s juggling click here. For more information on Comedy Industries, click here.
2013 Marine Breeder’s Year in Review
From Reefbuilders by Matthew Pedersen It’s the 4th annual installment of the Marine Breeder’s Year in Review (see past installments at 2010, 2011a, 2011b, and 2012) and frankly, it’s been an interesting if not arguably “slow” year for a change, and yet I’ll probably write more than ever! Breeders are pursuing all sorts of projects, but ‘success’ in terms of […]