Friday Smorgasbord: Drones, maps, and carp tacos oh my!

Happy New Year! Here’s our first edition of the Friday Smorgi for 2017 and we’re hoping you enjoy reading along. We have a few interesting stories including an underwater drone for fishing, a cool new 3D ocean map, a unique…

Friday Smorgasbord: Ghost Shark edition

TGIF and welcome to another installation of our Friday Smorgasbord. We have some pretty cool stuff today including rare footage of ghost sharks, asteroids vs. oceans, whales vs. sharks, fish vs. powerlines and more.  Ghost Shark If you had a…

Friday Smorgasbord: Reef grazers, fake sharks, turles and toxic fish

Here we are, another Friday and another installment of the Friday Smorgabord. This week we examine the lawnmowers of the sea, fake pics, underwater adventures, good news for turtles and some toxic fish. Lawnmower of the Sea A Scripps Institution…

Friday Smorgasbord: Printed coral, catching waves and more

It is hard to believe it is December already, but here we are with the first Friday Smorgasbord on December. We’ve been a bit light on the Smorgi posts of late as I’ve been taking care of our new little…

Friday Smorgasbord: School is out version

Welcome to the Veteran’s Day edition of the Friday Smorgasbord. We have a few “school” related tidbits to share along with a great overview of the mysterious depths of the oceans. Enjoy! Talk About Peer Pressure Schooling fish are hypnotic…

Friday Smorgasbord: Danios, toilets, crochet and more

This week’s edition of the Friday Smorgasboard features life-saving danios, toilet reefs, crochet and more. Without further ado, here you go! Dr. Danio The danio, one of the common starter fish for freshwater aquariums, also may help us unlock some…

Friday Smorgasbord: Pluto, Glocks, robot boats and tuna

It’s the first Friday Smorgasbord of the Fall and we’ve got a few quirky ones for you today. We start our journey across our solar system on Pluto and work our way back to Earth where we explore Glocks and…

Friday Smorgasbord: Bay Area edition

While many are still getting over their MACNA high (or getting over missing it), we’re ready to get back into the swing of things with the last edition of the Friday Smorgasbord of the summer. We have a few stories…

Friday Smorgasbord: Hawaii’s new preserve, APEX meetup, sewer fishing and more

Its Labor Day weekend and less than a week to go before MACNA! Before you cut out of work and head out for one last long weekend this summer, we have one final Friday Smorgasbord. This week we look at…

Friday Smorgasbord: Orcas, Phelps, drones and salty art

Welcome to our weekly edition of the Friday Smorgasbord. All those strange and wonderful aquatic-related tidbits that captured our attention this week. To send you off on your weekend, we’ve got an interesting array including a video that proves Orcas…