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A record-breaking year, thanks to you!
We had a record-breaking year during our field season at Two Harbors, Catalina Island. This experience would not have been possible without the generous support from our many backer...
We made it because of you. Thank you so much!
We have succeeded because of your generous support. We cannot thank you enough for your enthusiasm for our research. Thank you Experiment.com for not only providing us with this op...
The final hours!
We are only a few hours away from the end of our campaign! We are currently 86% funded. Just a little bit more and we will reach our goals. Thank you for getting us this far. We ...
Only 3 days left!
Our campaign has only three days left to reach our goal. We are incredibly humbled and honored to have received the donations from our gracious backers up until this point. Every do...
Two Jaws: The better to eat and swallow you with, my dear
(Watch the video of the pharyngeal jaws in action here!) Fish are an amazing group of vertebrates. Not only are fish colorful and diverse but they have two sets of jaws. Fish ha...
Searching for moray homes
Having a hardworking team of dedicated researchers makes field research not only effective but very rewarding. Our names are Jacob Harrison and Shohei Burns and we worked for Rita a...
Food too big...why knot?!
Over the last year, I have had the coolest independent research project at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). I watch California morays feed in a laboratory setting. Imagine that you ...
PIT Tagging Morays
For studying California moray eels inhabiting the waters off Catalina Island, we use PIT (Passive Integrated Transponder) tags to give each moray eel an identity. Similar to the microchips veterina...
How to trap a moray
The first afternoon in the field is particularly charged with excitement. Our main task is to prepare the moray traps for their inaugural night of soaking for the season. This is one of my favorite...