Author: John C

Honk! Honk! Bray! Bray! African penguins are here to stay!  For years, we’ve sent Aquarium staff to South Africa to lend a helping wing to our colleagues at SANCCOB—in …

Ammonite fossil, Dichotomosphinctes sp. Madagascar, Upper Jurassic in our Tentacles special exhibition. Ammonite fossils at an Aquarium staffer’s desk. ‘Night of the Ammonites’, © Ray Troll, 2000 — on …

My recent coverage of another show, Reefapalooza in NY, included a 2 part series I called Fluorescence Extravaganza (check it HERE and HERE). I can humbly say that I’ve …

montereybayaquarium: Lay your riches before the Great Young Ones, Cutethulhu fhtagn! Source link

It’s that time of year — time to plunge into another season of Holland Lifelong Learning. This six-part adult lecture series, now in its fifth year, strives to connect …

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The bluestreak cleaner wrasse is a tropical fish with beautiful, distinct markings and the adaptation that it makes a living on the reef or in a saltwater aquarium by …

montereybayaquarium: OCTOPUS : hey, no NO shoo!! Fun fact! An octopus’s garden refers to the leftover shells and refuse left outside of an octopus’s den. The composition of the …

71% of our world is covered by ocean. The ocean makes life possible by absorbing carbon dioxide to cool our atmosphere, producing oxygen and providing an invaluable food source. …

Get those 90 tentacles in the air and wave ‘em around like you just don’t care—it’s time to shellebrate Nautilus Night!  Nautilus really rise to the occasion thanks to …