
Melinda Fowler at UC Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab--The first elephant seal pup of the season has arrived at Año Nuevo. The pup was born at Año Point Gully (APG). At the moment it's a bit lonely at APG, but before long this will be the largest harem at the Reserve. ...

LastFriday morning, Hopkins Marine Station's Tuna Research and Conservation Center was turned into a TV studio.<!--break--> By noon, with lights blazing and cameras rolling, Dr...

Nicole Marie Teutschel at Long Marine Lab, Santa Cruz, CA--As adult northern elephant seals are at sea, juveniles dominate the beaches at Año Nuevo....

The L/P Guadalupe River finally arrived at Isla Fernandina the morning of Oct 1 after a three day, two night trip. As we weaved through the Canal Bolívar that separates Isla Fernandina and Isla Isabela, we gaped at the massive volcanos that top each of the islands....

The L/P Guadalupe River finally arrived at Isla Fernandina the morning of Oct 1 after a three day, 2 night trip. As we weaved through the Canal de Boulevard that separates Isla Fernandina and Isla Isabela, we gaped at the massive volcanos that top each of the islands...

I've arrived back to Puerto Ayora from Isla Fernandina and it was a true adventure! I'll spend the next few blogs getting you caught up on our adventures, starting with our trip to Fernandina.... After frantic last-minute preparations, we boarded the L/P Guadalupe River on Tues Oct 29. W...

The TOPP white shark team made headlines today with a landmark publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Academy B...

From July 20-24, 2009, TOPP researchers led the "Great Marlin Race" as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration for the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. A total of seven marlin were tagged with 180-day Pop-up Satellite Tags, and the fish whose tag pops off the furthest from Kona wins...

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In a rare opportunity for TOPP, Chuck Farwell, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Curator of Pelagic Fishes and long-timeTOPP collaborator,is participating in aunique opportunity to tag Pacific bluefin tuna off the coast of Japan...

I recently had the good fortune to spend two days 'on the water' with the Pt. Reyes white shark tagging project. read more

Stinky Mammal Breath Mako Good numbers of juvenile makos made their presence felt this year and sharks captured ranged in size from small neonates of ~70 cm up to sub/adults of up to 2.5 m, FL. One of these large makos had a noticeable problem with its oral hygiene as we brought it onboard...











