Animal News | Marine Biology

Edith Widder  

The Kraken Revealed: The Story Behind Finding the Giant Squid

Edith Widder recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 27, 2013. Widder is a deep-sea explorer, oceanographer, marine biologist, and co-founder of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association.

Video Posted: August 27, 2013 | Running time: 3:09

Coastal Conversations Show

Coastal Communities and the Rising Sea: The Coming Collision  

Coastal Conversations

This broadcast in the Aquarium's Coastal Conversations series features an interview with Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel and Doug Marcy, coastal hazards specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Services Center in Charleston, South Carolina.

Video Posted: August 23, 2013 | Running time: 27:04

Coastal Conversations Show | Conservation Issues

Coastal Conversations: The Current “Coastscape”  

Coastal Conversations

In the first episode of Coastal Conversations, a monthly live web series, Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel discusses with three National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts the current state of affairs for coastal areas of the United States.

Video Posted: August 23, 2013 | Running time: 34:56

Guest Speakers | Art | Conservation | Marine Biology

Jim Hellemn  

Portrait of a Coral Reef

Jim Hellemn recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on April 23, 2013. His photography has appeared in National Geographic magazine and at the American Museum of Natural History.

Video Posted: August 5, 2013 | Running time: 3:08

Guest Speakers | Conservation | Marine Biology

Jesus Reyes  

Environmental Impacts from an ‘Ocean’ of Humans

Aquacast recorded on July 25, 2013. Jesus Reyes discusses the pressures on California’s coastal aquatic environments derived from highly developed urban and residential zones and their diverse, extensive activities.

Video Posted: August 2, 2013 | Running time: 3:14

Guest Speakers | Oceanography

Dawn Wright  

Creatures of the Deep and Treasure Maps of the Ocean Floor

Aquacast recorded on July 16, 2013. Dawn Wright discusses new sophisticated technologies that have been developed in the last ten to twenty years that hold tremendous potential for mapping and interpreting the ocean in unprecedented detail.

Video Posted: August 2, 2013 | Running time: 3:12

Guest Speakers | Conservation | Marine Biology | Oceanography

Nicholas Fisher  

Impacts of Radioactivity on Marine Life After Fukushima

Aquacast recorded on June 19, 2013. Nicholas Fisher discusses the release of long-lived radionuclides from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan into the Pacific and the subsequent bioaccumulation of these contaminants in diverse marine biota.

Video Posted: August 2, 2013 | Running time: 3:02

Guest Speakers | Conservation

Napoleon Chagnon  

Noble Savages

Aquacast recorded on April 8, 2013. Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon discusses his recently published memoir, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—The Yanomamö and the Anthropologists.

Video Posted: August 2, 2013 | Running time: 3:17

Guest Speakers | Marine Biology

Asila Ghoul  

Exploring the Sensory Biology of Sea Otters Through Cooperative Research

Aquacast recorded on June 25, 2013. Asila Ghoul discussed a recent study of the sensory systems of sea otters and how these amphibious animals are adapted for an aquatic lifestyle.

Video Posted: August 2, 2013 | Running time: 3:07

Guest Speakers | Conservation | Marine Biology

Richard Ellis  

Gladiator of the Sea

Aquacast recorded on June 13, 2013. Richard Ellis discussed the broadbill swordfish, whose scientific name Xiphias gladius means “gladiator.”

Video Posted: August 2, 2013 | Running time: 3:12

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