South Coast    |    Channel Islands    |    Central Coast    |    North Coast    |    Travel
Calendar of Trips    |    Directory    |    Dive Boat Reviews
Directory    |    Sport Chalet    |    Scuba.com    |    Pacific Wilderness    |    Beach Cities Scuba    |    Eco Dive Center    |    CDS    |    Sea Stallion
Still    |    Video
New Gear    |    New Books & DVDs    |    Reviews    |    Guides    
Clubs    |    Opinions: Editorials    |    Opinions: Letters    |    News Briefs    |    Events    |    Specials   







Those Darling Dorids: SoCal Nudies Exposed
Many underwater photographers love nudibranchs and I am not the only one with numerous images of these colorful creatures. We Southern California diver


Marine Life - Marine Life Identification
 1 - 10 of 107
     next - >   >>
Page 1 of 11 
Very Large, Indeed: In Praise of Giant Kelp

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : May 2013
Taxonomists got it right when they assigned giant kelp its Latin name, Macrocystis pyrifera. It is indeed very large in scale, scope and capabil 

Rocks, Rainbows, Scorpions: A Playful Look at the Scorpaenidae Family

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : April 2013
Paper covers rock. Scissors cut paper. Rock dulls scissors. You know the game, right? In the California fish version, called "Rocks, Rainbows, Scorpion 

Pretty But Poorly Understood Polyps: Sea Anemones

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : March 2013
Among the approximately 10,000 species that belong to the phylum Cnidaria (the ‚ "C" is silent), there are at least 100 that are dangerous to hum 

A Worm By Any Other Name -- Taking a Look at SoCal Tube Worms

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : January 2013
"Worm" has numerous meanings, including: a weak or despicable person; a self-replicating, detrimental computer program; or, the coiled pipe of a still  

A Squid Snowstorm

Author  : Marty Snyderman
Date  : December 2012
"If they only knew." That was the thought that ran through my mind as I surfaced at 12:40 a.m. on New Year's morning on a dive that had began in the fi 

Gorgonian Corals: Admiring California's Sea Fans

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : December 2012
Gorgonian corals, known as sea fans and also called horny corals, belong to the Phylum Cnidaria (the "C" is silent), which means "nettle" in Greek and  

Blend In or Brawl? Crabs as Misunderstood Crustaceans

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : November 2012
Some of the sea creatures I've described for California Diving News are more than a little aggressive. Many crabs, however, prefer hiding to fig 

The Secret Lives of SoCal Rockfishes

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : October 2012
With more than 100 rockfish species worldwide, about 60 live in the ocean off the SoCal coast. Some are closely related and look very much alike. Color 

Marine Life: Bad-Ass 'Branchs: The Mighty Aeolids

Author  : by Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : September 2012
In researching last month's article on dorids, I finally got around to sorting my more than 370 photos of nudibranchs according to their classification 

Those Darling Dorids: SoCal Nudies Exposed

Author  : Bonnie J. Cardone
Date  : August 2012
Many underwater photographers love nudibranchs and I am not the only one with numerous images of these colorful creatures. We Southern California diver 

 1 - 10 of 107
     next - >   >>
Page 1 of 11 



Subscribe    |    Advertise!    |    Contact CDN Staff    |    My Account
Privacy Policy    |    Terms of Use    |    Engineered by Zyphon Media, Inc.