White shark on patrol

Sea slug on patrol

Arachnologist Darrell Ubick

A Hadza family group

I've written many marine biology articles because I've been scuba diving for 24 years.

Articles & Stories for Children

Each fall, dozens of great white sharks gather for a blubber buffet at California's Farallon Islands.

They are the loveliest creatures on a coral reef. OK, they are also slugs, but don't hold that against them.

The chemistry and magic of firework displays.

Tuna: not just sandwish filling--they're the Porsches of the sea.

A chance meeting with a sea turtle off Kauai lead to this story about a scientist's lifelong devotion to an endangered species.

"Spiderman" is actually a guy who wears a ponytail and carries a slurp tube.

The mimic octopus may be the only creature able to imitate multiple other animals. Why all the shape-shifting?

Hunter-gatherers are now among the rarest groups of people on Earth, but Tanzania's Hadza still keep the old ways.

As science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, "How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean."

Why language goes better with letters!

My samurai story appeared in the June 2007 issue of Cricket magazine.
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PROJECT SEAHORSE
Seahorses and people sharing a Philippine coral reef.
PROWLING THE SEAS: EXPLORING THE HIDDEN WORLD OF OCEAN PREDATORS
One shark, one sea turtle, one tuna, two seabirds...and one very big ocean.
THE FROG SCIENTIST
Tyrone Hayes's efforts to investigate the link between pesticides and amphibian declines
A LIFE IN THE WILD: GEORGE SCHALLER'S STRUGGLE TO SAVE THE LAST GREAT BEASTS
Awards & Honors: Golden Kite Award winner; NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; Kirkus Best Book for Young Adults
LIFE ON EARTH...AND BEYOND: AN ASTROBIOLOGIST'S QUEST
Awards & Honors: School Library Journal and Booklist starred reviews; finalist for AAAS/Subaru Science Writing Prize
GORILLA DOCTORS: SAVING ENDANGERED GREAT APES
Awards & Honors: ALA Notable Book, Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, ASPCA Henry Bergh Award, Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Horn Book starred reviews
HACHIKO: THE TRUE STORY OF A LOYAL DOG
Awards & Honors: Golden Kite Honor, Booklist Editor's Choice, Horn Book starred review
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