http://seanursery.com green. marine. conservation. Fri, 02 May 2008 19:42:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   The Endangered Species Coalition (ESC) has an interesting ongoing contest to give endangered species  more outreach-friendly and interesting monikers.  Its supposed to be a humorous perspective, and I can see the appeal.  For instance, instead of the Delta Smelt, the "Yummy-Tasty Fish".  I've been really interested in the whole concept of names and ... http://seanursery.com/water/119   The latest issue of Orion magazine (one of my favorites) takes aim at various climate concerns through several articles.  The overall sense of the issue is one of anxiety-stricken urgency.  And perhaps its needed in the wider sense of the world, but I have a hard time believing that regular ... http://seanursery.com/water/117 Hawaiian monk seals are currently the second most endangered marine mammal in the world.  Have you ever even heard about them?  Chances are, you haven't.  The population hovers at just 1300 animals (some reports say 1200).  To give you an idea of just how bad this is: practically everyone knows that West ... http://seanursery.com/water/116   I'm starting to think that - like Christmas - Earth Day just isn't Earth Day without kids to celebrate it with.  Which is why I happily sacrificed a few hours of studying to participate today. We did a wildflower walk, donated caterpillars to classrooms (zebra wings!), a trash pickup, and ate cupcakes ... http://seanursery.com/water/115    Ahh the sea slugs.  I've known about nudibranchs and their incredibly diverse life history patterns and appearances since early on in high school marine invertebrate class.  I always thought they were pretty cute. About two years ago I discovered Elysia subornata (photo abvoe from seaslugforum.net) in my aquarium tanks that had come in with ... http://seanursery.com/water/114