Marine Biology

National Poll Finds Accredited Marine Parks, Aquariums and Zoos Best Places for Children to Learn About, Connect with ...

9 Feb 2012

Children have a natural curiosity about dolphins, whales and other marine mammals. The best way for parents to encourage this interest – and to inspire a lifelong passion for wildl

Check out this sexy-dancing shrimp at the Point Defiance Zoo

8 Feb 2012

This shrimp has serious moves. The Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma posted an amusing video to its YouTube channel today, giving a resident Thor amboinensis a little camera time. (For those without a degree in marine biology, that's a shrimp known to sway its abdomen to attract a mate.) Pretty hot stuff.

SEA GRANT TURNS 40: Nation’s first agent served Calhoun County

8 Feb 2012

PORT O'CONNOR - When the National Sea Grant Program was in its infancy 40 years ago, Joe Surovik, of Port O'Connor, was the first county marine extension agent in the United States as part of the Texa