Ocean Watch: Citizen scientists needed to track kolea in Hawaii
This is not a farewell column. It’s a see-you-soon-in-another-place column. I wish everyone the best in these challenging times, and look forward to continuing our connection. Read more
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Ocean Watch: Kolea bulk up upon arrival in Hawaii
While we Hawaii residents are isolating ourselves from members of our own species, we can take the extra time at home to appreciate another species outside our windows. Read more
Ocean Watch: Exquisite cowry shells are to be admired
When we find perfect, intact snakehead shells on beaches, a good guess is that a cone snail ate the animal inside, and waves washed the empty shell ashore. Read more
Ocean Watch: Flotsam crabs ride where the waves go
Our flotsam crab was a surprisingly good swimmer and paddled like mad straight for home. When it reached the bark and scrambled aboard, we cheered, wishing good luck to the mariner and its fellow sailors. Read more
Ocean Watch: Flyingfish finds right place to die
Due to this month’s rainstorms, strong winds and big surf, I’ve been walking next to the ocean instead of getting into it. But I’ve not been deprived of marine animals. The ocean delivers them at my feet. Read more
Ocean Watch: Bee mail offers some stinging comments
Explaining studies published in scientific journals is an interesting part of my job. I work hard to get the facts right, but when I don’t I appreciate corrections. Read more
Ocean Watch: Ocean spray and wind can ground beach bees
Why, people ask, do we see so many honey bees near the shoreline on windward beaches? One reader last week thought the bee she saw was digging. Read more
Ocean Watch: Opae ula appear like magic from caverns
If you dig it, they will come. Opae ula, that is. Read more
Ocean Watch: Rare corallimorphs have yet to be named
While at Midway recently we workers enjoyed evening talks by people with various experiences and areas of expertise. Read more
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Ocean Watch: Squid’s teeth could offer a new type of plastic
Just when I’m feeling discouraged about plastic pollution (Midway can do that to a person), I discover that researchers are working on a solution that sounds like science fiction: squid sucker teeth. Read more
Ocean Watch: Saying bye to Midway and glorious memories
The epilogue to my Midway story is to answer several readers’ questions about how one can visit Midway. Read more
Ocean Watch: Snorkeling at Midway produces a surprise
We didn’t expect to see anything above the water besides rusting pillars and wave-battered reef walls. But as often happens, nature surprised us. Read more
Ocean Watch: Laysan ducks stroll around at Midway
There are few moments in the world as thrilling as watching a Laysan duck nonchalantly toddling toward you. Fortunately for us Midway workers, some ducks just don’t know the laws. Read more
Ocean Watch: Albatrosses still alive and well at Midway Atoll
Hawaii’s albatrosses, and the people who care for them, are one such positive story. Read more
Ocean Watch: Mystery fish revealed as red emperor
Emperor fish are tropical reef inhabitants, hanging out near, or just outside, coral reefs. Read more
Ocean Watch: Sorting out ducks, geese and moons
Because more snow geese exist now than ever before recorded, we shouldn’t be surprised to see more of these beauties wintering in Hawaii. Read more
Ocean Watch: Snow geese take refuge at Kaena Point
Kaena Point is famous for the colony of Laysan albatrosses that nest inside a predator-exclusion fence. Read more
Ocean Watch: Flounder and box crab sometimes ride-share
I may have once seen a peacock flounder with its box crab pal, but I never saw them ride-sharing. Thanks, Charlie, for enlightening us about this extraordinary partnership. Read more
Ocean Watch: Giving thanks for shearwaters and their caregivers
Of the nearly endless things I’m thankful for this year, Hawaii’s shearwaters are high on my list. Read more
Ocean Watch: Sea krait is snake that lives on land and in the sea
The tricot raye is a special type of snake called a sea krait, a snake that lives on both land and in the sea. Read more
Ocean Watch: Going batty for fruit bats and batfish in Australia
Australia’s bats are welcome in my belfry anytime. Read more
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