http://marinelife.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-13T09:15:53Z Mon, 13 May 2013 09:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/19/guess-the-creature-51.htm <p><img class="alignnone aligncenter" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/marinelife/1/H/t/8/-/-/GTC_NOAA.jpg" alt="Guess the Creature 5/19/13 / Photo Collection of Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">What is this? Leave your guess in the comments!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo Credit: Photo Collection of Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/reef0314.htm">NOAA Photo Library</a></em></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/19/guess-the-creature-51.htm Sun, 19 May 2013 20:06:39 +0000 2013-05-19T20:06:39Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/13/guess-the-creature-50.htm <p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/marinelife/1/H/s/8/-/-/GTC_Jerry_Prezioso_NOAA-NEFSC.jpg" alt="Guess the Creature / Jerry Prezioso, NOAA/NEFSC" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">What is it?</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/rcb/photogallery/fish/anadromous/">Jerry Prezioso, NOAA/NEFSC</a></em></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/13/guess-the-creature-50.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 09:15:53 +0000 2013-05-13T09:15:53Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/07/whats-a-gastropod-2.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/marinelife/1/3/r/8/-/-/triton_noaa_drrobertschroeder.jpg" alt="Triton / Dr. Robert Schroeder, NOAA/NMFS/PISC/JIMAR/CRED" hspace="5" align="right" />Gastropods are a group of animals that includes snails, slugs, limpets and sea hares. Many gastropods have a visible shell, although some, like slugs and sea hares, have no shell, or a small, internal remnant of a shell. In gastropods with shells, many are spiraled or coiled, like in the triton shown here.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/07/whats-a-gastropod-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/07/whats-a-gastropod-2.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 07:08:57 +0000 2013-05-07T07:08:57Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/06/guess-the-creature-49.htm <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://0.tqn.com/d/marinelife/1/0/q/8/-/-/GTC050613.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/marinelife/1/H/q/8/-/-/GTC050613.jpg" alt="Guess the Creature / NOAA Image, Captain Albert E. Theberge, NOAA Corps (ret.)" /></a></p> <p>Do you know what is circled in red?</p> <p><em>Image: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/line2521.htm">NOAA, Captain Albert E. Theberge, NOAA Corps (ret.)</a></em></p> <p>&#160;</p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/06/guess-the-creature-49.htm Mon, 06 May 2013 12:06:52 +0000 2013-05-06T12:06:52Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/06/creature-feature-sea-mouse.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/marinelife/1/0/p/8/-/-/Sea_mouse_.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" width="167" height="167" align="right" />The animal featured in a recent <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/29/guess-the-creature-48.htm">Guess the Creature</a> post is a type of segemented worm called a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/od/MarineInvertebrates/p/Sea-Mouse.htm">sea mouse</a>.</p> <p>Sea mouse live on or in muddy bottoms, from water depths ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/06/creature-feature-sea-mouse.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/05/06/creature-feature-sea-mouse.htm Mon, 06 May 2013 11:58:04 +0000 2013-05-06T11:58:04Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/facts-about-manatees.htm <p>Did you know that there are <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/od/vertebrates/tp/typesofmanatees.htm">3 species of manatees</a>?&#160; We have one species in the U.S. - the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/od/vertebrates/p/FloridaManatee.htm">Florida manatee</a>, which is a subspecies of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/od/vertebrates/p/WestIndianManatee.htm">West Indian manatee</a>. ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/facts-about-manatees.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/facts-about-manatees.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:02:10 +0000 2013-04-30T22:02:10Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/where-to-go-whale-watching.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/marinelife/1/3/g/3/-/-/mnclose070310.jpg" alt="Humpback Whale / Jennifer Kennedy, Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation" hspace="5" align="right" />Do you love whales, or seeing marine life in the wild? Maybe you want to plan a whale watch for your next vacation. Not sure where to go? Thankfully, there are already lots of articles and trip reviews on About.com to give you a start! Here's a list, which includes both the U.S. and other countries such as Canada, Brazil, and Spain.&#160; Read more <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/od/whaleanddolphinwatching/tp/Where-To-Go-Whale-Watching.htm">here</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/where-to-go-whale-watching.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/where-to-go-whale-watching.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:57:30 +0000 2013-04-30T20:57:30Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/creature-feature-leopard-shark.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/marinelife/1/3/o/8/-/-/leopard-shark_chad-king_Monterey-Bay-National-Marine-Sanctuary.jpg" alt="Leopard Shark Image / Chad King / Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary" hspace="5" align="right" />Leopard sharks are recognizable due to their dark, saddle-shaped patches and spots on a brown or gray background. These sharks are relatively small, and average about 2-4 feet in length.&#160; They live in the Pacific Ocean from Oregon to the Gulf of California, Mexico.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/creature-feature-leopard-shark.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/30/creature-feature-leopard-shark.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:57:07 +0000 2013-04-30T18:57:07Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/29/do-whales-drink-sea-water.htm <p>People and whales are both mammals.&#160; We need to <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongnutrition/a/Daily-Water-Intake.htm">drink lots of water</a> (some recommendations state 8 glasses a day). Do whales?&#160; And if they live in salt water, how do they drink?</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/29/do-whales-drink-sea-water.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/29/do-whales-drink-sea-water.htm Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:06:26 +0000 2013-04-29T16:06:26Z http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/29/guess-the-creature-48.htm <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/marinelife/1/H/m/8/-/-/GTC_magnus_hagdorn_flickr.jpg" alt="Guess the Creature / Magnus Hagdorn, Flickr" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Can you name this creature?</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Image courtesy <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.flickr.com/photos/hagdorned/4505181185/">Magnus Hagdorn</a>, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">Flickr</a></p> http://marinelife.about.com/b/2013/04/29/guess-the-creature-48.htm Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:13:33 +0000 2013-04-29T10:13:33Z