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Surviving 500 Million Years and Disappearing in the Blink of an Eye: The Story of the Chambered Nautilus
By: Gregory Jeff Barord, PhD Student, City University of New York – Graduate Center, City University of New York – Brooklyn College Day 1: We’ve finally landed in the Philippines …
CHOW 2013 Summary
Below are written summaries for each of the panels held during CHOW 2013 this year. Written by our summer interns: Caroline Coogan, Scot Hoke, Subin Nepal and Paula Senff Summary …
Ocean-Related Impacts of Climate Change on Human and National Security
By Robin Peach, Executive Director of the Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security at the McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston This blog can be found on the Boston …
World Oceans Day
By Mark Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation Today, I wanted to share a little about some of TOF’s work to help the ocean and raise awareness about its role in …
Wake Up! We are talking Whales!
By Angel Braestrup, Chair of the Board of Advisors of The Ocean Foundation June 1st was Whale Day. A day to honor these magnificent creatures who roam all of the …
In Honor of Mother’s Day
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation On a recent trip to Maine, I had the opportunity to visit two exhibits at Bowdoin College’s Peary-McMillan Arctic museum. One was …
After the Storm: What Next?
By Mark J. Spalding, President The Ocean Foundation A version of this blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Ocean Views One recent weekend, I drove north from Washington with some …
Water On My Mind
By: Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, co-founder of SEE Turtles, SEEtheWILD, & LiVBLUE among other organizations. This blog originally appeared on Mission Blue. Take a stroll through your favorite bookstore. Notice that lining the shelves in the …
Catch Shares: Not the Silver Bullet They Hoped For
In pursuit of our goals to increase ocean health while protecting fishing communities, The Ocean Foundation has worked long and hard with our fellow marine conservation philanthropists to fund a …
Gray Whales Saved Off Baja California
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation This blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Oceans Views. It’s gray whale migration season on the west coast of North America. Gray …
Unabashed, Hardshell Turtle Love
By: Kama Dean, TOF Program Officer Over the past few decades, a movement has been growing; a movement to understand, recover and protect the world’s sea turtles. This past month, …
WHMSI: Being Good Neighbors to Support Migratory Animals
By: Mark J. Spalding, President I had the great good fortune to spend the early part of this week at a special meeting with our partners at the international division …














