'Tis the season! Here are 10 organization can you feel good about gifting to this giving season. 1. The Perry Institute for Marine Science The Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS) was founded in 1970 by John H. Perry Jr. and is one of the...
What are Whale Falls? Whale Falls are a deep ocean phenomenon that occur when a whale dies and its carcass sinks to the ocean floor, attracting a community of species that feed off of everything, from the tissue down to the bone (( 1.Haag, A. Whale...
As the summer months approach it is more important than ever to be taking care of our skin and being diligent about sun protection. However, studies have demonstrated a negative correlation between sunscreen exposure and coral reef health....
Deep is an incredibly interesting read that follows the author’s journey in freediving and the exploration of the underwater world. The book starts at the surface with James Nestor at the World Freediving Championship in Kalamata, Greece, and ends...
Soul of an Octopus is one of my favorite books and one of the most influential pieces of marine literature that I have read so far. I began this book on a trip down to the Bahamian island of Abaco with a handful of students and professors from my...
At LegaSea Ecology we are focused on marine ecosystems- why would we have a blog talking about fungi? Well, what if we told you our terrestrial fungi had a marine counterpart? That’s right, fungi that live in the ocean! Welcome …
Sponges are sessile (meaning fixed to one place) aquatic metazoans and are some of the oldest multicellular organisms to exist with records dating back over 700 million years ago ((1. Carballo and Bell, Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and...
If you have ever heard stories of deep sea monsters like the Kraken you have already been exposed to today’s concept, deep sea gigantism! Gigantism is a phenomenon used to describe the visible size difference in organisms found in some of the more...
