The West Indian Manatee is a large, gray-brown aquatic mammal. Its seal-like body tapers to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. The upper part of its body has two small forelimbs with 3 to 4 nails on each flipper. The head and face are wrinkled, and the snout has whiskers. Adults have been known to reach lengths...
On Jan 18, 2011 my friends and I went diving with the Blue Tang dive charters in Jupiter, Florida. We were in search of Lemon Sharks. Staring in January the lemon sharks aggregations are popular among not only the scientist but also scuba divers from all over. I found this site http://www.shark.ch/Projects/Behavior/index.html most interesting because...
The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, which supports research at NSU’s Oceanographic Center (OC), held a fundraising dinner in The Arena at the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus, on Oct. 27, 2010. Led by Guy Harvey, Ph.D., a renowned artist and marine conservationist, the nonprofit foundation helps ensure that future generations will enjoy...
Jim Abernethy’s Scuba Adventures is a big supporter of local marine life research. Especially with sea turtle research. JASA loves it when we get to help with little baby turtles and even the big sea turtles. One day I was working the boat and I got to meet Larry Wood. Larry is a local scientist...
Yesterday Oct 18, 2010 I got to be apart of research at its best! I helped FAU scientists with the release of baby loggerhead turtles. There is a great article about it wptv.com Channel 5 We took Jim Abernethy’s boat, the Shearwater, out 10 miles off shore to release these turtles in hopes to have...
