http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/video/category/marine_biology en-us ℗ & © Copyright 2026 Get in-depth information about current research in the field of marine biology Aquarium of the Pacific Get in-depth information about current research in the field of marine biology in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. This Long Beach, California-based institution hosts visiting lecturers in its Guest Speaker Series throughout the year. These experts share stories from the field, new insights about marine life, and knowledge they have gathered about the ocean and its inhabitants over years of study. Speakers include university researchers, explorers, acclaimed authors, journalists, nature photographers, and more. Get in-depth information about current research in the field of marine biology in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. This Long Beach, California-based institution hosts visiting lecturers in its Guest Speaker Series throughout the year. These experts share stories from the field, new insights about marine life, and knowledge they have gathered about the ocean and its inhabitants over years of study. Speakers include university researchers, explorers, acclaimed authors, journalists, nature photographers, and more. Aquarium of the Pacific aquariumofpacific@lbaop.org no Aquarium of the Pacific Journey to the Island of Yap: Stone Money, Massive Manta Rays, and More Ken Kurtis recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 20, 2019. Kurtis has been an Aquarium volunteer since 1998. He is a dive team leader at the Aquarium and a National Association of Underwater Instructors SCUBA instructor. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_kenkurtis_19.mp4#id:7938#date:22:19 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:19:00 PDT 5:00 Aquarium of the Pacific Exotic Animals of the Night Sea Mike Bartick recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 14, 2019. Bartick is a field guide who conducts photo safaris, lectures, and seminars. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_mikebartick1.mp4#id:7937#date:22:16 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:16:00 PDT 3:49 Aquarium of the Pacific Don’t Mess With Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures Paul Erickson recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 11, 2019. Erickson is a freelance writer and exhibit developer and works as an educator and aquarist on the Endeavour research vessel based in Salem, Massachusetts. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_paulerickson.mp4#id:7848#date:22:55 Tue, 28 May 2019 15:55:00 PDT 5:53 Aquarium of the Pacific Studying Salamanders to Decipher Nature’s Instruction Manual for Regenerating Limbs Jessica Whited recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 19, 2019. Whited is an assistant professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at Harvard University. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jessicawhited.mp4#id:7705#date:21:52 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:52:00 PST 6:04 Aquarium of the Pacific Where the Living Reefs Are: A Quest to Find the World’s Most Resilient Corals Anne Cohen recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 11, 2018. Cohen is an associate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_annecohen_1.mp4#id:7560#date:22:15 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:15:00 PDT 6:50 Aquarium of the Pacific Conservation in the Deep Sea: The Perilous Story of the Chambered Nautilus Gregory Barord recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 14, 2018. Barord is a conservation biologist for Save the Nautilus and the marine biology instructor for Des Moines Public Schools’ Central Campus. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_gregoryborard.mp4#id:7456#date:19:29 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:29:00 PDT 2:30 Aquarium of the Pacific Blackwater Diving: Exploring the Night Sea Mike Bartick recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 31, 2018. Bartick is an avid diver and photographer whose work concentrates on the macro fauna of the Verde Island Pass located near Anilao, Philippines. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_mikebartick.mp4#id:7432#date:20:52 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:52:00 PDT 5:04 Aquarium of the Pacific Deep Beneath the Sea: Exploring the Twilight Zone Tyler Phelps recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 10, 2018. Phelps is a graduate student with the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco pursuing mesophotic fish ecology research as part of their global Hope for Reefs Initiative. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_tylerphelps.mp4#id:7430#date:20:48 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:48:00 PDT 3:39 Aquarium of the Pacific Cephalopods are the New Dinosaurs: A Squid’s-Eye View of the History of Life Danna Staaf recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 15, 2018. She is a science writer and educator and the author of Squid Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_dannastaaf.mp4#id:7271#date:20:41 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:41:00 PDT 4:32 Aquarium of the Pacific Baja’s Wild Side: Shark Research and Conservation Photography in Baja California Daniel Cartamil recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 9, 2018. He is a marine biologist and shark expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_danielcartamil.mp4#id:7270#date:20:39 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:39:00 PDT 4:58 Aquarium of the Pacific Beach Babies: White Shark Nurseries of the Northeast Pacific Chris Lowe recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 2, 2017. Lowe is a professor of marine biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_chrislowe4.mp4#id:7022#date:18:27 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:27:00 PDT 3:32 Aquarium of the Pacific Billion Oyster Project Murray Fisher recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 19, 2017. Fisher is the executive director of the New York Harbor Foundation and founder of the New York Harbor School. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_murrayfisher.mp4#id:6976#date:20:20 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:20:00 PDT 6:02 Aquarium of the Pacific The Wonderful World of Corals: Harnessing Basic Science to Address an Ecological Crisis Ruth Gates recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on September 19, 2017. Dr. Gates is the director of and a researcher at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_ruthgates.mp4#id:6944#date:19:46 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:46:00 PDT 5:47 Aquarium of the Pacific Save the White Abalone: Aquarium of the Pacific’s Conservation Efforts Alexandra Lawlor recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 23, 2017. Lawlor has been on staff at the Aquarium since 2015 and is responsible for exhibits in the Southern California/Baja Gallery. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_alexandralawlor.mp4#id:6898#date:22:13 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:13:00 PDT 1:32 Aquarium of the Pacific The Physics of Mudskippers and Other Land Locomotors Daniel Goldman recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 17, 2017. Goldman is a professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_danielgoldman.mp4#id:6781#date:21:59 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:59:00 PDT 6:08 Aquarium of the Pacific Might As Well Go Surfing: Biomass Utilization in a World with Oil at $50 a Barrel Robert Pomeroy recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 2, 2107. Pomeroy is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_robertpomeroy.mp4#id:6780#date:21:56 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:56:00 PDT 3:41 Aquarium of the Pacific Wild Orcas: A Summer in the San Juan Islands Kera Mathes recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 2, 2017. Mathes formerly served as the Aquarium’s boat programs manager and resident whale expert. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/vc_keramathes.mp4#id:6697#date:18:24 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:24:00 PST 4:22 Aquarium of the Pacific Restoring Coral Reefs in Guam: A Conservation Success Story Aquarium staff members Sandy Trautwein, Janet Monday, and Daniel Muñoz recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 1, 2017. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_trautweinmunozmonday.m4v#id:6666#date:23:16 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:16:00 PST 55:38 Aquarium of the Pacific A Marine Biologist’s Quest to Keep the Pacific Wild Douglas McCauley recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 30, 2016. McCauley is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was the lead author on the paper in the journal Science that inspired the Aquarium’s Vanishing Animals exhibit. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_douglasmccauley.m4v#id:6579#date:22:02 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:02:00 PDT 10:40 Aquarium of the Pacific The Story of Seahorses: From Myth to Reality Helen Scales recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 5, 2016. Dr. Scales is a marine biologist, broadcaster, and writer based in Cambridge, England. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_helenscales.m4v#id:6541#date:17:57 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:57:00 PDT 8:51 Aquarium of the Pacific Hugs and Drugs from Sea Slugs Patrick Krug recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 30, 2016. Krug is a professor at California State University, Los Angeles. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_patrickkrug.m4v#id:6461#date:19:10 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:10:00 PDT 5:29 Aquarium of the Pacific Into the Black Mike Bartick recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 18, 2016. Bartick is a field guide who conducts photo safaris, lectures, and seminars. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_mikebartick.m4v#id:6460#date:19:07 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:07:00 PDT 6:06 Aquarium of the Pacific Local Legends: Movement Biology of the Leopard Shark off La Jolla, California Andrew Nosal recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 9, 2016. Nosal is a marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_andrewnosal.m4v#id:6459#date:19:01 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:01:00 PDT 4:19 Aquarium of the Pacific The Mysterious Biology of Seadragons Josefin Stiller recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 19, 2016. Stiller is a Ph.D. candidate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_josefinstiller.m4v#id:6403#date:21:01 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:01:00 PDT 4:51 Aquarium of the Pacific California Caviar: The History of White Sturgeon Aquaculture Joel Van Eenennaam recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 7, 2016. He is a research associate in the department of animal science at the University of California, Davis. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_joelvaneenennaam.m4v#id:6402#date:20:58 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:58:00 PDT 4:08 Aquarium of the Pacific Does Climate Change Put Ocean Life in a Blender? Malin Pinsky recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 7, 2016. Pinsky is a Sloan Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences and an assistant professor of ecology and evolution at Rutgers University. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_malinpalinsky.m4v#id:6386#date:21:26 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:26:00 PDT 3:02 Aquarium of the Pacific Status of White and Pinto Abalone in Southern California Melissa Neuman recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 5, 2016. Neuman is a fisheries abalone recovery coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_melissaneuman.m4v#id:6383#date:21:19 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:19:00 PDT 4:52 Aquarium of the Pacific Exploring Blue Carbon in Southern California Salt Marshes Jason Keller recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on April 21, 2016. Keller is an associate professor of life and environmental sciences in Chapman University’s Schmid College of Science and Technology. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jasonkeller.m4v#id:6381#date:21:07 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:07:00 PDT 3:47 Aquarium of the Pacific Bioluminescence and Illuminating Disease Marc Zimmer recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 17, 2016. Zimmer is a professor of chemistry at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_marczimmer.m4v#id:6373#date:20:34 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:34:00 PDT 4:10 Aquarium of the Pacific Meet the Opah, the First Warm-Blooded Fish Nick Wegner recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 3, 2016. Nick Wegner is a research fisheries biologist working for NOAA Fisheries at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California, and a lecturer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_nickwegner.m4v#id:6370#date:21:29 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:29:00 PDT 8:39 Aquarium of the Pacific Of Orcas and Men David Neiwert recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 18, 2016. Neiwert is an investigative journalist based in Seattle. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_davidneiwert.m4v#id:6345#date:20:13 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:13:00 PDT 11:46 Aquarium of the Pacific Sex in the Sea Marah Hardt recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 9, 2016. Hardt is research co-director at Future of Fish, a nonprofit sustainable seafood organization, and is also founder of OceanInk, providing creative consulting for ocean conservation. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_marahhardt.m4v#id:6344#date:20:06 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:06:00 PDT 10:07 Aquarium of the Pacific The Science of Shipwrecks Derek Smith recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 28, 2016. Smith is a researcher in the University of Washington’s department of biology and a former diving safety officer for the Aquarium of the Pacific. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_dereksmith.m4v#id:6342#date:19:54 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:54:00 PDT 5:07 Aquarium of the Pacific Coastal Conversations In this episode of Coastal Conversations, Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel talks with Dr. Douglas McCauley, a biologist with expertise in extinctions on land and in the ocean. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/cc_2_008_112315.m4v#id:6154#date:18:32 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:32:00 PST 20:39 Aquarium of the Pacific Green Chemistry in the Water Quality Laboratory Karen Tuttle Stearns recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 4, 2015. She is the water quality laboratory manager at the Aquarium. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_karentuttlestearns.m4v#id:6053#date:19:49 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:49:00 PDT 04:08 Aquarium of the Pacific Ctenophores: The Other Jellyfish Claudia Mills recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 30, 2015. Claudia Mills is an independent research scientist at the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Laboratories located on San Juan Island off the coast of Washington state. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_claudiamills2.m4v#id:6052#date:19:47 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:47:00 PDT 02:47 Aquarium of the Pacific The Sixth Extinction of the Ocean Donald Prothero recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 9, 2015. Prothero is a professor in the department of geological sciences at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_donaldprothero_2.m4v#id:6024#date:17:32 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:32:00 PDT 03:11 Aquarium of the Pacific Natural History of Sea Slugs Kevin Lee recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 3, 2015. Lee is a SCUBA diver and underwater photographer. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_kevinlee2.m4v#id:5974#date:21:16 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:16:00 PDT 03:18 Aquarium of the Pacific Using Robots and Drones to Track Sharks Chris Lowe recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 27, 2015. Lowe runs the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_chrislowe3.m4v#id:5973#date:21:12 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:12:00 PDT 03:00 Aquarium of the Pacific Reproduction at the Aquarium: The Husbandry Department Tells All Perry Hampton recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 12, 2015. Hampton is the Aquarium's vice president of husbandry. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_perryhampton_2.m4v#id:5972#date:20:57 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:57:00 PDT 03:58 Aquarium of the Pacific Antarctic Penguins Heather Lynch recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 17, 2015. Lynch is a member of the faculty in ecology and evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_heatherlynch.m4v#id:5864#date:22:59 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:59:00 PDT 03:46 Aquarium of the Pacific The Horseshoe Crab: National and International Perspectives Mark Botton recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 8, 2015. He discussed horseshoe crab conservation and their role in human health care. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_markbotton.m4v#id:5749#date:00:12 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:12:00 PST 3:45 Aquarium of the Pacific ProTECTOR: Saving Turtles, Helping People Stephen Dunbar recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 16, 2014. He discusses sea turtle conservation. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_stevendunbar.m4v#id:5697#date:23:35 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:35:00 PST 03:43 Aquarium of the Pacific Glowing Aliens: Diversity and Bioluminescence of Deep-Sea Jellies and Other Unusual Organisms Steve Haddock recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 15, 2014. He discusses bioluminescent animals in the deep ocean. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_stevehaddock.m4v#id:5693#date:23:35 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:35:00 PST 03:48 Aquarium of the Pacific Medicines from the Sea John Williams recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 4, 2014. He discusses the potential for cancer cures found in marine organisms and the Aquarium's partnership with the City of Hope cancer research center. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_johnwilliams.m4v#id:5691#date:23:34 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:34:00 PST 4:00 Aquarium of the Pacific Kelp Watch 2014 Dr. Steven Manley recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 22, 2014. He is the originator and coordinating scientist of Kelp Watch 2014. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_stevenmanley.m4v#id:5649#date:20:15 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:15:00 PST 3:46 Aquarium of the Pacific Rigs to Reefs Amber Jackson and Emily Callahan recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on September 9, 2014. They discussed the Rigs to Reefs initiative. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_callahan_jackson.m4v#id:5648#date:20:07 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:07:00 PST 3:43 Aquarium of the Pacific Project SECORE and Guam’s Threatened Coral Reefs Perry Hampton recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 8, 2014. Hampton is the Aquarium's vice president of animal husbandry. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_perryhampton.m4v#id:5646#date:20:02 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:02:00 PST 3:23 Aquarium of the Pacific Looking for Life in Oceans on Earth and in Space Max Coleman recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 2, 2014. Coleman is the director of the Center for Life Detection and leader of the Astrobiology Research Group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech in Pasadena. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_maxcoleman.m4v#id:5645#date:19:54 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:54:00 PST 3:42 Aquarium of the Pacific The Extreme Life of the Sea Father and son co-authors Stephen and Anthony Palumbi recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 12, 2014. They discuss the issues addressed in their book, The Extreme Life of the Sea. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_stephenpalumbi.m4v#id:5425#date:20:09 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:09:00 PDT 4:44