Tag: "Farallones"
Producer's Notes for Science on the SPOT: Life on the Farallones
The Farallon Islands off the coast of California are a vital home to many birds and marine mammals. See what life is like for scientists working in this forbidding and inhospitable world.
Post on Oct 13, 2010 by Chris Bauer
Producer's Notes: "The Great White Shark Song" Live!
So to celebrate the return of the great white sharks the the Farallon Islands and the opening of the new Farallones exhibit at Cal Academy, QUEST presents “The Great White Shark Song: Live at the Farallones!” by Andy Brandy Casagrande IV.
Post on Sep 16, 2010 by Chris Bauer
Producer's Notes: Marine Sanctuary Patrol Flight
How do you keep tabs on what is going on in the marine sanctuaries? QUEST producers Lauren Sommer, Jenny Oh and I hitched a ride to find out.
Post on Jun 17, 2010 by Chris Bauer
Producer's Notes: The Great White Shark: Meet the Man in the Gray Suit
Like many people, I'm fascinated with sharks. I can't remember a time when they did not interest me.
Post on Apr 06, 2010 by Chris Bauer
Producer's Notes: The Farallon Islands—"California's Galapagos"
Lying 28 miles off the coast of San Francisco, the jagged silhouette of the Farallon Islands disrupts the clean line of the horizon. This foreboding knot of rocks sits amid one of the most
productive marine food webs on the planet and hosts the largest seabird breeding colony in the continental United States. QUEST ventures out for a rare visit to learn what life is like on the islands and meet the scientists who call this incredibly wild place home.
Post on Oct 13, 2009 by Chris Bauer
Reporter's Notes: Journey to the Farallones
Our trip to the Farallon Islands was certainly eventful: seasickness (me), bug bites (me) and immersion in one of the most unique wildlife habitats in the world (luckily). This chain of windblown rocks, about 27 miles from San Francisco, is teeming with 300,000 seabirds in the spring and summer.
Post on Jul 24, 2009 by Lauren Sommer
The Farallones Caught on Camera
A new webcam on the Farallon Islands helps scientists– and the public– monitor wildlife.
Post on Jun 10, 2009 by Cat
Producer's Notes for Underwater Wilderness: Creating Marine Protected Areas
Through the eyes of these scientists, we witness the undersea life in bloom. They clearly have one of the best offices to go to work to each day.
Post on Oct 21, 2008 by Chris Bauer
