New England Aquarium

In Defense of Dolphins
Thomas I. White
May 29, 2007
00:55:13
Thomas White, director of the Center for Ethics and Business and Hilton Professor of Business Ethics at Loyola Marymount University, discusses his book In Defense of Dolphins.
Is Global Warming Impacting North Atlantic Right Whales?
Robert Kenney
May 22, 2007
01:00:42
Bob Kenney argues that global warming will ultimately affect the food supply of the already endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Diving Deep: How Toothed Whales Find Their Dinner
Peter L. Tyack
May 14, 2007
01:08:30
Peter Tyack describes how toothed whales use a powerful biological sonar to locate food. Sperm and beaked whales are toothed whales that dive, sometimes over a mile deep, to feed on squid and deepwater fish. This deep ecosystem is poorly known but is assumed to be substantial.
Fish Worship and Art
Ray Troll
April 30, 2007
00:50:00
Ray Troll discusses his fish-based art, which brings a street-smart sensibility to the worlds of ichthyology and paleontology.
Coral Reefs in Danger
Joan Kleypas
April 16, 2007
00:52:25
Coral reefs have traditionally been considered robust ecosystems, surviving unchanged over thousands of millennia, and rebounding after tremendous insults such as hurricanes and nuclear testing.
Fishing for Conservation Solutions: The Bycatch Threat
Tim Werner
March 12, 2007
00:47:27
Tim Werner describes the bycatch problem and suggests some solutions. Bycatch, marine life that is accidentally captured, discarded, or injured while fishing for target species, results in the death of hundreds of thousands of animals every year.
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March of the Penguins
Susie Ellis
November 20, 2006
00:56:15
In a lecture with Susie Ellis, learn about the challenges facing the important and charismatic taxonomic group: penguins.
Opportunities and Challenges for Farming the Deep Blue
Richard Langan
November 6, 2006
00:46:19
Richard Langan describes his research in molluscan shellfish restoration and aquaculture in near shore and open ocean environments.