Andrew is a post-doctoral researcher in North Carolina focused on population and conservation genetics in hydrothermal vent communities.


David is a graduate student in Florida. He studies the ecology and conservation of sharks.



Amy is a graduate student in North Carolina studying local ecological knowledge within small scale fisheries.


Chuck is a graduate student in North Carolina focusing on apex predators and how they interact with fisheries.



Lyndell is a graduate student in North Carolina, studying the feeding ecology of cownose rays.



Iris is a graduate student in Washington studying habitat use and feeding habits of juvenile Pacific salmon and herring in Puget Sound.


Michael is a graduate student in Maryland investigating the visual systems of mantis shrimp.




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Watch Episode 4 of Blue Pints: Sea Grant and Sea Monsters

By Andrew David Thaler, on July 13th, 2012

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July 13th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Blue Pints | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Misunderstood Marine Life # 3 – Cryptics and Cryptids

By Andrew David Thaler, on October 6th, 2011

In my mind, where I imagine people are so interested in what I do that they hang on every carefully chosen word I write, I imagine some unspecified mob of readers looking over my I *heart* cryptozoology post and going “Whoa now, pardner!” (yes, you all sound like cowboys in my mind) “You just said there was a difference between cryptozoology and real zoology, but you deal with cryptic species all the time! What’s up with that?”

Cryptic hammerhead shark. Photo from http://www.physorg.com/news68994294.html

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October 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: biology, Natural Science, Ocean of Pseudoscience Week, Science | Comments are closed