Category: Ecology

A major focus for the Institute in planning the Fresno Aquarium are the important messages we want to impart to the general public.

A while ago I had been strolling through the Aquarium, musing, when a stray thought crossed my mind: “the meaning of a fish is its color.”

I have a friend in another laboratory in the Biology department at school I’ve been talking with quite a bit lately. I’d like our conversations to be beneficial for her work…

I went to Southern California last weekend with some of my classmates to see the grunion run.

My interest in science and drawing are intimately connected. I grew to love organisms, especially sharks, by drawing them from library books. I still draw…

I went home to visit my family for spring break, and naturally I went to the California Academy of Sciences to visit the Steinhart Aquarium. I was curious if the way I looked at the displays had changed…

So I was sitting in ichthyology class today learning about fish growth. Growth is complicated – I don’t want to bore the reader with excessive details, but…

Maybe you are wondering why I’m writing about plants for an aquarium blog; after all, aquariums are places you go to see animals, not plants.