Protecting the Texas Caribbean

 The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary lies about 100 miles off the Texas coast and contains some of the world's healthiest coral reefs. But even there, there are threats. Read about those threats and what Sanctuary staff are doing about them. 

10 Citizen Science Projects to Try

Scientists need your help - citizen science projects add many hands to the workload. Here are ten projects involving a variety of activities from sticking a gps on your cat to cataloging photos of penguins and the Earth at  night, tagging fish, reading old ship logs, and listening to whale calls. Find out more in this piece for Mental Floss.

Lionfish Invasion

Can we eat our way out of the problem of invasive lionfish in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean? My piece for Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine.

Save the reefs, eat lionfish!

The only hope for controlling this invasive species may be eating it. Good thing it's delicious. Read my piece about trying some at Haven Houston.