We Brought an Entire Aquarium With Us (and Built a Fish-Sized Hyperbaric Chamber)
From CalAcademy.org and AdvnacedAquarist.com When I tell people that weâre in the field collecting saltwater animals for display and research at the aquarium, most of them imagine that the actual catching is the hard part. In reality, the hard work starts after we collect the animal. Keeping animals healthy in the fieldâand then healthy while en route […]
Like Something Out of a Nightmare
From CalAcademy.org and AdvancedAquarist.com There are two Academy groups currently in the Philippines for the 2014 Biodiversity Expedition: one from Research, and the other from the Aquarium. Though weâre staying at different locations, we collaborate when we can, like tonight. It all started with a 90-minute night dive at Anilao Pier to try to collect a […]
Three Men and No Guitar
From CalAcademy.org Checking in for a 14-hour flight is always a good time. Checking in for a 14-hour flight with 11 items (three suitcases, five Action Packers, two bags, and Steinhart Director Bart Shepherdâs guitar) between three people is an amazingly good time. We started planning for this expedition in earnest five weeks ago, and considerable effort […]
Steinhart arrives in Anilao
From the California Academy of Sciences After a 14 hour plane flight and a 3 hour drive, Steinhart Aquarium biologists Bart Shepherd, Rich Ross and Matt Wandell arrived at Club Ocellaris and were treated to a breakfast of garlic rice, eggs and French toast. After filling our bellies, we suited up, went diving and have […]
Diving on the Moon – Coconut Octopus and more
From TONMOÂ and The California Academy of Sciences In stark contrast to the beautiful many-colored coral reefs of the Philippines, muck diving is a lot like being on the moon. You float over seemingly endless plains of desolate grey substrate. The major difference is the life; here in the âcenter of the center of marine biodiversityâ […]