by Tierney Thys | Mar 2, 2019 | News
The ocean delivered an amazing surprise gift this past week in the form of a giant ocean sunfish species new to California waters, Mola tecta. How did this specimen get here? Did it bring friends or travel alone? Is this the first time it’s been here? Was it always...
by Tierney Thys | Nov 27, 2018 | Expeditions
Bali 2015 June 2015 found the mola team in beautiful Bali, Indonesia again working with the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) to run a Biotelemetry and Satellite Tagging training workshop. The workshop was funded by a National Geographic Conservation Trust grant with...
by Tierney Thys | Nov 27, 2018 | Expeditions
Fall 2011 – Another successful tagging expedition! Tag team from left to right:Alex Hearn, Tierney Thys, Kevin Weng, Cesar Penaherrara Just returned from Isabela Island in the northwest region of the famed Galapagos archipelago where we tagged 5 gorgeous healthy...
by Tierney Thys | Nov 27, 2018 | Expeditions
Fall 2010 – We recently returned from tagging a sunfish off San Diego on August 28th, 2010 with a new fastloc tag from Wildlife Computers. We had the good fortune of working again with Thomas Behrend and Christina Karliczek of Blue Planet Film from Hamburg,...
by Tierney Thys | Nov 27, 2018 | Expeditions
(Back row L to R):Divemaster :Moyo (I Made Sudirata), Captain Wayan Yapta. (Middle row L to R):I Made Dharma Jaya (from CI) Brett with a lovely young lady (Miss Marina Hobson), and Manager of Bali Diving Academy Lembongan Sven Fautz. (Front row L to R):Iwan Dewantama...
