What do you get when you cross a sealife-loving Salish Sea Hero with a mysterious, fish-loving canine? Find out in this month’s Friend Feature, written by 9-year-old Layla Cahalan of Orcas Island. You may end up wanting to swim with a sea wolf pup!
Read MoreWe have some BIG news to share in this month’s Friend Feature. Big bodies, big belches, big, well, everything. They can even get into some big trouble when they’re having fun. Explore the feature to find out!
Read MoreHave you ever been by the seaside and heard a puffing pig? What in the world? Find out just who is making these sounds in this month’s Friend Feature.
Read MoreShark-like jet fighters cruise the deep with electric field-sensing technology on board. Find out more about these fascinating (and darn cute) fish!
Read MoreWhat Salish Sea plant is also an animal, provides shelter, can be eaten like pickles, sprinkled on popcorn, played like a didgeridoo, and played with by orcas? Enter the forest and find out!
Read MoreIt was just another average fish survey for Samish Indian Nation’s Department of Natural Resources crew… until this fish ended up in their survey. What was it and why had they never seen one before? It turns out those are some deep questions.
Read MoreThese downy, white chicks won’t stay small for long. Come explore how these babies bring great hope and encouragement to Salish Sea recovery.
Read MoreWhat have we learned from rockfish? First of all, if you’re going to swim slowly and sit still a lot, you better have toxic spines to thwart predators. And second, if humans are going to avoid fishing a species to extinction, we better get to know it really well through science and traditional knowledge. Which requires dive surveys - let’s jump in!
Read MoreWhat is this pretty, little anemone not telling you? Everyone has some things they may not be too proud of, but they don’t likely include consuming someone else’s internal organs.
Read MoreDon’t trip on that scum-covered rock…wait, that’s not a rock, what is that lump? When it’s time to go undercover, no one beats this month’s creature feature, which may have been right under your nose…or foot at the last low tide without ever catching your eye.
Read MoreWhat marauds the seafloor on 15,000 marching tube feet, consuming nearly everything in its path? This month’s creature feature! No, it isn’t eating this Junior SeaDoctor’s hands alive…or is it?
Read MoreWe’ve featured Southern Resident Killer Whales of the Salish Sea before, but did you know there are killer whales in every corner of the one world ocean? Check out just how different they can be in this month’s Creature Feature.
Read MoreS H A R K !!! Oh good! We love sharks, especially the star of this month’s Creature Feature, the Pacific Spiny Dogfish, which will never take a bite out of an unwary Salish Sea explorer. Find out why.
Read MoreWhat has incredibly complex shells, generates much of the oxygen you breathe, and can turn entire seas turquoise when they bloom? Find out in May’s Creature Feature!
Read MoreWhat fish is nearly as important as salmon to tribes, First Nations, and the whole ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest and what does it have in common with a vampire? Find out in the April Creature Feature.
Read MoreWhat dives deep, makes nests with poo, and coughs up fish slurpies for family breakfasts? Find out in this month’s Creature Feature!
Read MoreWhat is 33 feet long that you can smell before you see it? This month’s creature feature! Whale, whale, whale, it’s about time we featured another cetacean. Come meet the minke!
Read MoreTwinkling lights are appearing all around during the holiday season. Did you know the Salish Sea provides a light show of its own? Meet the mysterious plankton that gets glowing reviews around the globe, Noctiluca scintillans!
Read MoreWhat sea creature is so nice it’s named twice? Well, there is more than one, but only this one is a floating colony of polyps who share food and a wee sail that keeps them safely on seafaring adventures, until…
Read MoreWhat’s long, slimy, green, slithers like an eel in Salish Sea currents, and brings millions of dollars to Salish Sea families? Find out as the first flowering plant makes its debut as a Creature Feature! And yes, we had to include a Pacific spiny lumpsucker. We just can’t help ourselves.
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