Most people perceive the world around them predominantly through sight; whales, other cetaceans and many marine species perceive their oceanic world through sound, either passively or by emitting sound pulses then listening for their reflections returning; a technique called echolocation….
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Metamorphosis means transforming, or change in nature. In biology, metamorphosis is the process by which an animal develops continually, after birth or hatching. This involves the change in body structure; both internal and external features, regulated by hormones. Metamorphosis is…
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The Great White Shark. Carcharodon carcharias. Jaws. He is the legendary great eater of the oceanic deep and the very name conjures up images of a mindless flesh-tearing killer. Second only to the Orca in its position to the top…
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How Sonar affect whales: Sonar Systems! Sonar systems produce intense waves of sound that just goes in the ocean like a light and it reveals objects in the path or tracks any activity under water. As a result it affects…
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During the many trips on ship back and forth to Europe from New York during the 60’s or 70’s many of us would look far out in the ocean during the day and night to see if we could have…
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With no natural predators, wild burros can have a strong effect on the landscape of the Southwest United States. As of February 2012, there were an estimated 5,841 wild burros in the United States, nearly all of them in Arizona,…
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Great white sharks are at the top of the oceanic food chain. As an apex predator, the diet of the great white is quite varied. This predator is not the ruthless man-eating machine that we were led to believe it…
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The three most interesting behavioral characteristics of bull sharks are primary reasons that they are considered among the most dangerous sharks in the world. These fish are much more aggressiveness than most sharks, prefer shallow waters and tend to travel…
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Almost 80% of adults of the known species of fish swim in schools, at least during part of their life cycle, and they do this mainly because of two simple facts of nature: 1. Big fish eat little fish, and…
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The Lemon Shark is one of the larger shark species, and gets its name from the browny yellow coloring of its skin. It grows to between 8 and 13 feet in size, and is a nocturnal shark. Unlike many other…
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