Do you eat seafood? Most of us do. It is delicious after all. By now I’m sure you are aware of issues involving sustainable seafood. Not all of the fish we eat are fished (or grown) sustainably (ex: orange roughy ). In recent years, sustainable seafood has been on the minds of many and several … Continue reading
Tomorrow, May 10th, is International Migratory Bird Day, and you may be worried that your expertise in diatoms or turbulent mixing just won’t cut it at the big ornithology party tonight. Well, UNdertheC is looking up and so is your evening, because we are here with a snapshot of a bird impressive enough to entertain … Continue reading
Happy Film Friday! Some of the other UNdertheC bloggers and I have been taking a science communication class at UNC this semester. For our final project, we had to explain our research topics using a form of communication that was new to us. For my project, I chose to make a YouTube video explaining the … Continue reading
Scientists at The UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, the UNCW Center for Marine Science, the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, NC State CMAST, the National Parks Service, and the North Carolina Aquariums have been collaborating for quite a while to coordinate a sea turtle release. The day finally came last week, as members of the Peterson lab … Continue reading
Or in other words, do lionfish have ninja skills? Lionfish have been called the “Pirates of the Caribbean,” but “Ninjas of the Caribbean” might be a better nickname. Lionfish are predatory fish, native to the Indian and Pacific regions, that have invaded the Atlantic and Caribbean. See our previous posts about lionfish (Photo Friday, Marine … Continue reading
As we fish down the food chain, some of our traditional fisheries become less sustainable, while others (particularly the prey of species that we have overfished) seem to overrun certain parts of the ocean. Some fishermen turn to unconventional marine species as sources of sustenance for ever more demanding – and hungry – human populations. … Continue reading
Happy Friday everyone! Meet Tabitha, she’s a 6 year old first grader from Nebraska, and cousin of our friend Theo Jass. Tabitha loves sea turtles. Recently, she even received a sea turtle tracker for her birthday that allows her to track the movements of a rescued sea turtle that is now in the wild. Needless … Continue reading
“Training” wild sharks to eat lionfish might sound like a good idea. But what happens if they are actually being “trained” to attack divers? Since the lionfish invasion hit the news, people have suggested that native predators will eat and control invasive lionfish. For more information check out our previous posts The Great Debate: Predators … Continue reading
Written by UNC Graduate Student JP Balmonte. This is Juno, an 11-year-old male Beluga whale at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut! I got to meet him as part of my training as a Science Communications Fellow through the Ocean Exploration Trust at the University of Rhode Island. Tune in next week for more details … Continue reading
If you ever played Sharks & Minnows in your middle school pool party days, you’ve mimicked recent research from the University of Hawaii and University of Tokyo: seeing the world from the perspective of a shark. But whereas your swimming pool shark was single-mindedly trying to “catch fish,” it turns out that actual sharks’ schedules … Continue reading
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