Well, I’ve made another short prehistoric animation. This one is about a mosasaur attacking a plesiosaur in late Cretaceous Morocco. Enjoy! Note: No AI was used to make this. This entire animation was made and narrated by humans. Transcript: 66 million years ago, the vast deserts of Morocco were covered in water. Here, marine reptiles…
Category: Educational
Ocean Planets: Real Life Subnautica?
In space, there are planets called “ocean worlds”, which are fully or partially covered in liquid water. Some of these planets may be similar to those depicted in media, such as Kamino in Star Wars, Miller’s Planet in Interstellar, and Planet 4546B in Subnautica, and they may even harbor sea life. Currently, Earth is the…
The Decline of Florida’s Coral Reefs
The Florida Keys’ coral reefs may seem healthy and full of life, but in reality, they have become coral graveyards. Since the 1970s, the Keys’ colorful coral reefs have been dying at an alarming rate, and now, 90% of the coral in the Keys is gone. While scuba diving in Key Largo, I filmed the…
How Whaling Empowered African Americans Before the Civil War
Before the Civil War, whaling was one of the few ways for African Americans to get ahead in a system stacked against them. Whaling fueled candles, lamps, machine lubricants, and even perfumes, making it one of the richest industries in America. However, it was also a brutal industry that sent men to sea for years,…
Baby Tugboat Helps Her Mother
This is a baby tugboat. At 25 feet long, she is the size of a pleasure boat and can be put on a trailer. But don’t let her small size fool you. She has two John Deere engines that give her a maximum of 400 horsepower. That’s stronger than most pickup trucks and 4x more…
The Wreck of the USS Arizona – Pearl Harbor
Here lies the wreck of the battleship USS Arizona. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, 1,177 officers and crewmen tragically lost their lives aboard this ship when an armor piercing bomb hit her forward magazines. The explosion was so deadly that the Arizona accounted for 49% of total American casualties during the attack. Until September…
1 Hour of Deep Sea Creatures with Dark, Moody Music
From a young age, I have been obsessed with deep sea creatures. I love all wildlife, especially everything in the ocean, but the abyss is a place that fascinates me so much. Right now, it’s as close as we can get to exploring an alien planet with bizarre and unknown lifeforms, and it still holds…
We Found a Nest of Baby Bunnies and Watched Them Grow Up!
One spring, my wife and I happened upon a burrow of baby bunnies. From peaceful grazing to predator evasion, this is their story. Everything started when we saw a large bunny near our house. This species is known as the eastern cottontail. Unbeknownst to us, she was a mother. A few days later, we discovered…
Inflating a Life Raft Designed for Survival at Sea!
During Earth Day celebrations at Old Dominion University, the Ocean & Earth Science Department deployed an old Inflatable Buoyant Apparatus (IBA) from the R/V Fay Slover. IBAs are special lifesaving devices designed for abandon ship scenarios, where passengers must survive at sea while awaiting rescue. Watch the video here:
Aquariums Explained to Absolute Beginners
How do you setup an aquarium without dooming your fish? You just get a tank, fill it with water, and add some fish and decorations, right? Wrong. There are a few extra steps. I’m only talking about freshwater tanks here because saltwater tanks are on another level. First off, think about the fish you want;…
Tidewater Teddy 