November 2013 Sargassum By Stephanie Boyd Many species of crabs, shrimp, and fish spend their entire lives in it. Locals know it as gulfweed, or simply... Read More
October 2013 Sand Dollars By Stephanie Boyd Take a spin through any shell shop, and you'll almost certainly find the smooth remains of a once-spiny echinoderm. Often... Read More
September 2013 Mangroves By Stephanie Boyd "One perceives a forest of jagged, gnarled trees protruding from the surface of the sea, roots anchored in deep, black,... Read More
August 2013 MINE! By Stephanie Boyd Hark to the whimper of the seagull. He weeps because he's not an ea-gull. Suppose you were, you silly seagull.... Read More
July 2013 Pelicans By Stephanie Boyd A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican, He can take in his beak... Read More
June 2013 Sea Turtles By Stephanie Boyd A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the... Read More
May 2013 State Shell of Texas By Stephanie Boyd If we were to measure evolutionary success in the Animal Kingdom by the diversity of species in a given group,... Read More
April 2013 Eels By Stephanie Boyd There are many myths concerning the origin of the coconut tree......and they all center around eels – specifically, the eel... Read More
March 2013 Whiskey is for Drinking and Water is for Fighting By Stephanie Boyd All of Texas affects estuaries and coastal communities. Watersheds feed estuaries and can impact them in several ways. In biological... Read More
February 2013 Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station By Stephanie Boyd Inquiry is fatal to certainty. ~Will Durant Research is a critical asset for managing the Texas fishery. Among other applications,... Read More