Blog Profile / Oceans 4Ever
| URL : | http://oceans4ever.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Biology / Marine Biology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 6 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0 | |
| Archived Since: | July 23, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Freaky Fish Friday: Nat Geo’s Dr. Brady Barr has a Dangerous Encounter with a Humboldt Squid
We’ve taken a little break after our last week, but we’re back, and want to wish you a happy and a great weekend. Today, Nat Geo Channel serves up our FFF via its Dangerous Encounters episode featuring an ambitious research team that wants to put an underwater camera in places its never been. Tonight, at 9p.m. [...]
Kids caring about sharks, part two: Ocean Hero Robin Culler teaches shark conservation
”SHARKS…what? No way! I HATE sharks and I don’t want to know anything more about them!” That is just the response I got from Pat, over three years ago. Today, Pat is one of my most avid Shark Finatics. “We fear what we don’t know.” It so holds true with the world of sharks. At one time or [...]
MEGApage-turners: sharks in popular fiction
What would a Sharktakular be without a MEGALODON lurking around? Today, we hear from NY Times best-selling science fiction author Steve Alten, who penned the wildly successful MEG series, starring a giant prehistoric shark called a Megalodon. His thoughts need no paraphrasing: As the author of the MEG series, centered around Carcharodon megalodon, I am often asked [...]
The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Shark Conservation
All week long during the Sharktakular, we’ve heard guest posters encourage us to educate ourselves and those around us about sharks and shark conservation by forming groups, joining groups, and getting out there ourselves and making a difference. Show More Summary
David Shiffman on How to Get there: part three of a three-part series on shark conservation
By WhySharksMatter It’s easy to dream big and come up with impossible goals. It’s much harder to draw a realistic map showing how to get from where we are to where we want to be. Most of you reading this already don’t eat shark fin soup, and many of you don’t eat foods with high shark bycatch. [...]
Shark Films: A Filmmaker’s Responsibility to Conservation
Sharks on film – it’s an almost irresistible combination that can all but ensure the filmmaker a big hit, with wide viewership – but only if done in an all-to-familiar and irresponsible manner. We’ve been down that road, and it doesn’t work for sharks – and it shouldn’t work for us. We’re very lucky to have [...]