Artist Spotlight – Matte Stephens
Month: June 2014
Hidden Beached Whale Revealed in 17th-Century Dutch Painting
When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years.
via The Guardian
Fin Whale Breaching
Breaching is a behavior that is rarely seen among fin whales in the wild, and it was captured on video last month off the Strait of Gibraltar.
via: GrindTV
King of the Killer Whales: The Legend of Old Tom…
Read a very interesting story (w/ documentary) about Old Tom, a killer whale that lived off Sydney, Australia in the early 20th century.
Day Trip to Appledore Island
Last week I took a trip out to Appledore Island to check out the Shoals Marine Lab. It’s beautiful there, and the trip got me very excited to teach there later this summer. Enrollment is still open, come join us!
Roll it
The [beloved] NOAA Ship Albatross IV was decommissioned in 2008, and eventually sold to the Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas in Mexico. Here is a video of the A4 arriving at the CIDIPORT Research Center. I had dreamed of purchasing this vessel, refitting it (Steve Zissou style), and using it as a charter vessel for all of my friends and colleagues. Some dreams are not meant to be…
via: Chris Tremblay
How we all kill whales
Michael Moore published a wonderful essay in the ICES Journal of Marine Science this winter. It’s definitely food for thought, and puts the debate against commercial whaling in an interesting perspective.
Image credit: Scott Landry
Summer Programs at Shoals Marine Laboratory
I am teaching “Introduction to Marine Mammal Biology” at Shoals Marine Lab this summer!
Artist Spotlight – Charley Harper
Nadine Stewart J Lysiak 