Thursday, May 24, 2012

What is a fish? Part 1

What is a fish?

This might seem like a simple question, but when we consider characteristics that might be used to categorize fish, we find exceptions to every rule.

For example: Fish are aquatic.

We think of fish as aquatic organisms, but there are many fish that are adapted to survive out of water for considerable periods of time. Here are a couple of great examples, the mudskipper and the climbing perch.


Thursday, May 17, 2012

Ocean Inspiration: Sarcastic fringehead

A local resident of our nearby Channel Islands, the sarcastic fringehead, demonstrates an amazing adaptation that enables it to communicate with conspecifics and defend its territory.