A Blue View

Seahorses, sea dragons and pipefish are among the most flamboyant fish in the ocean.Not only do they have a strange look that allows them to expertly…

Oceanography and seafloor mapping have been headline news recently in the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. One of the many challenges of finding…

Marine photographer, videographer and environmentalist Bob Talbot has been working in and around the ocean since he was a young man living along the…

Go with the flow. For some people this is a life philosophy; for oceanographers, it describes the very dynamics of our global ocean.

Most of us probably believe that we do a pretty good job of picking up after ourselves, but the reality is that trash does in fact make its way into our…

For many parents, raising a child to appreciate the natural world is a priority. And the good news is that the cultivation of this environmental awareness…

As a world-renowned marine photographer, award-winning filmmaker and dedicated environmentalist, Bob Talbot uses the power of film to advocate for the…

Historically, Atlantic White Cedar forests were common to the Eastern Shore. Over time, these trees were harvested and the swampy areas they depend on for…

Far south of the Chesapeake, fringing tropical and subtropical coastlines, there exist floating forests of mangroves, whose roots grow in a luxuriant…

Blue as sapphires, red as rubies and black as onyx—there are more than 100 species of beautifully colored poison dart frogs. There is even one called "the…