Great white sharks, apex ocean predators, are also mega scavengers of the largest of ocean carrion, dead whales.
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Shireen Gonzaga is a freelance writer who enjoys writing about natural history. She is also a research and instrument analyst at an astronomical observatory where she works on calibration and analysis of astronomical images. Shireen has many interests and hobbies related to the natural world. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with many fish and houseplants.
Posts by Shireen Gonzaga
Blogs | Feb 19, 2013
Try it yourself! With a little preparation and a good camera and with a macro lens, you can take your own photos of snowflakes.
Blogs | Feb 10, 2013
This year’s Chinese New Year celebration has begun, ushering in the Year of the Snake. Gong Xi Fa Ca, y’all!
Blogs | Jun 16, 2012
After sunset, when the sun is below the horizon but visible from the clouds’ high altitude, sunlight illuminates them, causing them to glow in a dark night sky.
Blogs | Apr 01, 2012
No one has ever observed narwhal behavior at depths so deep that sunlight never penetrates. Until now.
Blogs | Feb 08, 2012
Scientists are trying to decipher the complex vocalizations of Killer whales and Pilot whales, and they need your help.
Blogs | Jan 12, 2012
Using Remotely Operated Vehicles to explore deep-sea hydrothermal vents near Antarctica, a British team has found creatures new to science.
Blogs | Jan 08, 2012
If extra-terrestials visited the moon, they may have left tell-tale signs. It’s worth a look, says a leading scientist, and won’t cost much.
Blogs | Dec 30, 2011
Samoa has moved to the west side of the International Date Line, going straight from Thursday, December 29 to Saturday, December 31, 2011.
Blogs | Dec 28, 2011
In the Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar, if your birthday is on a Monday, it’s always on a Monday. Plus, these researchers want to abolish time zones.
