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| Naming Names: A Diver's Guide to Taxonomy |
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: Marty Snyderman |
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: July 2012 |
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| As kids most of us learned the common names of many of the plants and animals we encountered in our everyday lives. We learned the common names of vari |
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| She Seas Sea Stars: Sea Stars Exposed |
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: Bonnie J. Cardone |
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: July 2012 |
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| Lying on or crawling ever so slowly across the bottom, the sea star looks deceptively simple and slightly out of place -- like it might have fallen fro |
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| Spiny Skinned and Symmetrical: California' s Sea Urchins |
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: Bonnie J. Cardone |
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: June 2012 |
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| My introduction to sea urchins -- on my first scuba dive -- was a learning experience. I learned how easily their sharp, brittle spines pierce human sk |
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| Aggregating Anemones: Gangsters of the Sea? |
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: Bonnie J. Cardone |
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: April 2012 |
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| Imagine what Hollywood would do with a film about anemones. Take aggregating anemones for example. They are relatively small, but these carnivores are |
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| Giant Sea Bass: Are They Really Back From the Brink? |
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: Bonnie J. Cardone |
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: April 2012 |
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| My first giant sea bass encounter occurred off San Nicolas Island in the 1970s. I sensed something overhead and looked up. A gigantic Goodyear blimp ho |
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| Swell Sharks |
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: Dale Sheckler |
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: January 2012 |
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| What can I say? I am a sucker for cute and interesting faces underwater (other than divers, of course). And fortunately, for California underwater phot |
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| Bat Rays |
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: Bonnie J. Cardone, photos by Dale Sheckler |
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: December 2011 |
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| One fine summer day years ago, a friend and I took a small boat to a shallow cove off Anacapa, hoping to photograph the large number of bat rays that h |
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| Nudis and Branchers |
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: Craig Hoover |
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: November 2011 |
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| Ever see pictures of a critter that seems to have evolved from that box where all the holiday decorations are stored? Chances are you're looking at a n |
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| Thornback Rays |
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: Bonnie J. Cardone, photo by Dale Sheckler |
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: November 2011 |
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| I couldn't believe my luck. I had just reached the bottom at 20 feet and was cruising toward the kelp forest in deeper water when I saw a prehistoric l |
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| Encounters with Pacific Electric Rays Can Be Shocking -- But They Don't Have to Be |
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: Bonnie J. Cardone, photos by Dale Sheckler |
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: October 2011 |
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| Last August, a Pacific electric ray sought out the company of divers on more than one dive on Farnsworth Bank's high spot. While this didn't happen to |
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