Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Jennifer Hofmeister gives a lively account of why and how she is working to understand the behavior of octopuses in order to save California’s endangered white abalone, which faces extinction when the last adult generations die out within the next decade. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 31441]

Michelle Dougherty, co-director of Sonic Sea, discusses this film that traces the connections between increased man-made ocean noise and fatal stress on ocean life. Michael Hanrahan, an educator and filmmaker who teaches environmental media storytelling at the University of California, Santa Barbara, moderates. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 31415]

Barbara Taylor expands on the gravity of the Vaquitas’ population dip. She discusses that the scientific data she and her team has received from tracking the density of Vaquita communication calls shows the situation is much more severe than they could have predicted. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 31331]

Barbara Taylor compares the Vaquita to other species of similar dolphins all around the world and highlights why the near extinct Vaquitas’ story could also become the story for these others if our behavior doesn’t change. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 31332]

The consumer has a large role in what contributes to the extinction of species, Barbara Taylor highlights. She explains what it means to be a conscious consumer and why we need to be careful of the food we eat, where it came from, and how it was caught. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 31333]

Barbara Taylor debunks the idea that Vaquita could be dying naturally and for reasons out of human’s control. She states that the only real and true cause for their extremely rapid decline is overfishing in their habitat. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 31326]

The consumer has a large role in what contributes to the extinction of species, Barbara Taylor highlights. She explains what it means to be a conscious consumer and why we need to be careful of the food we eat, where it came from, and how it was caught. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 31333]

Barbara Taylor compares the Vaquita to other species of similar dolphins all around the world and highlights why the near extinct Vaquitas’ story could also become the story for these others if our behavior doesn’t change. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 31332]

Barbara Taylor explains that the reason for Vaquitas’ near extinction is because they share a habitat with the highly sought-after Totoaba, a fish in high demand for their swim bladders. The vaquita get caught in the nets cast to catch these fish and drown in large numbers. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 31329]

With speeds of up to 50 miles per hour and accelerations that are comparable to a .22 caliber bullet, the mantis shrimp strike is considered to be one of the fastest movements ever recorded in the animal kingdom. Join Scripps marine biologist Maya deVries as she describes her research on the biomechanics and ecology of this extremely fast strike and tells us how over 150 million years of evolution has led to the amazing diversity of striking behaviors seen across mantis shrimp. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 30922]