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Pyrosomes: underwater UFO strikes a nerve cord

San Diego’s Northern Channel Islands

A salty pretzel but hold the mustard

Holy cow! A cattle egret lands at La Jolla Shores

Scripps research vessel realizes biofuel milestone__Part 2

Backstabbed marine flatworms take no offense

Brown booby birds wing it to SoCal_Sydney’s Ocean Log

Seahorses are four animals in one

Western grebe: On saving a wild life_Sydney's Ocean Log

Trigger happy_Sydney’s Ocean Log

Reflections on a painted cave_Sydney's Ocean Log

Western gulls: My little chickadees_Sydney's Ocean Log

Summer Roe-mance_Sydney's Ocean Log

Fireworks in the sea_Sydney's Ocean Log

Hatchetfish not cut out for coastal living_Sydney's Ocean Log

Scripps research on biofuels motors close to home__Part 1

From grief to artificial Wheeler North Reef

Sea foam: More than just my personal bubble bath_Sydney's Ocean Log

The scoop on pinniped poop

Facing facts about castoff microplastics in the ocean

No bone of contention for whale worms

U.S.–Japan space out for watery mission

Ancient mariner navigates to La Jolla_Sydney's Ocean Log

Drysuits: Outer wear for inner space astronauts

Seabird that’s something to crow about_Sydney's Ocean Log

Mysterious variation on snail theme

Sealed behind a lens

A leisurely dog-paddle through the kelp paddies_Sydney's Ocean Log

Greater protection hits the spot for leopard sharks

Traveling bell jelly takes the red eye

An urchin after my own heart

There is a season — Tern! Tern! Tern!

Octopus arms not evenhanded

Seals and sea lions guard human health

Damsels dress for success and excess

A shining example of red algae

How do fish drink water, anyway?

Moon snail 'unphased' by own fancy footwork

Sea urchins have teeth with superpowers

Find the hidden octopi

Sea slug a vision without rose-colored glasses

Commentary: The Scripps Library---Legacy or lost forever?

Humans can learn from piscine parenting

Variety is the spice of underwater life

Chestnut cowrie has polished reputation

Blade runner stalks rocky reefs

Beaches are canvases for fine-grain sand art

Better things come in small packages

Crab chronicles: Still-life moments of a La Jolla Shores crustacean

Sand crabs really dig La Jolla Shores beach

Ocean sunfish are ahead of their time

Sailors strand at La Jolla Shores

Viewpoint: It’s a mixed bag for the future of our ocean’s health

Medusafish seeks protection amid serpent’s potent coils

San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve an ocean wonderland

When jellies collide and barnacles hitch a ride

Introducing the first-ever National Ocean Policy

Moon walking at La Jolla Shores

A little dab’ll do ya off the Shores

Finding coffee beans a perk for divers

West Coast governors’agree on ocean health

Boring clams are and are not

Rainbows span spectra from sky to shining sea

The straight scoop on kelp curlers

Pelican lives sometimes too brief

Worm architects build seaworthy sandcastles with own ‘glue’

Papa pipefish protects and purloins young

Surf and low tides deliver surprises to sandy beach explorers

When tides ebb, go with the flow to a tide pool

For polyclad worm, sex and swordplay are synonymous

Jaws 2: not the sequel but moray eel sci-fi

Reversing the tide of ocean species pillage

On safari for the king of the underwater jungle

Broadcasting from somewhere out in the submarine canyon

Painted greenlings full of surprises, bar none

Brooding anemones are fecund, not in a funk

Ocean coughs up tarballs at the Shores

Sarcastic fringehead is 95 percent temper, 5 percent fish

No bump on a log but a log with bumps

Plastic is not always fantastic

Wringing technology from marine sponges

Single-celled organisms turn sand green

Some schools are always in session

Underwater sound: a busy boiler factory

See, hear, speak no evil— but maybe not

Green grow the grasses beneath the waves

Ready, set: dive into 2009 and learn

Blood worms draw all types at La Jolla Shores

Limpets

Pier review: Remains of the day at La Jolla Shores

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Archive: August 2015