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Debuting "Take It To The Streets™" at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County March 28, 2012 at Seaside Club and April 4, 2012 at Salinas Club   Take it to the Streets™ is a project of Plastic Police, a Marine Life Studies initiative. Plastic Police is dedicated to ridding our oceans and wate...
Birdies for Charity matching program ended on February 28, 2012 but will begin again on November 1, 2012. Thank you so much for donating through the Birdies for Charity Program. It was so kind of you and we appreciate it so much. All your donations received a 15% match. The total birdies scor...
View the new ocean users’ guide developed by Marine Life Studies, “Marine Mammals of Northern California”. In the spring of 2011, as part of National Geographic Society's Ocean Initiative and Education Programs, Marine Life Studies was awarded a grant to create a field guide about ocean conservat...
    Read all about Whiskie the Whale Spotter™ in the Monterey County Weekly, and her life as a Whale Spotting Dog.   "I am fascinated with whales and dolphins so I am very glad I chose Peggy Stap to be my owner as she works with these animals. When she came looking for a dog at a pet rescue c...
    Amanda's Whale Tales from the Field...Monterey Bay. Whales and dolphins can be seen in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary year-round. Click picture to read all about Amanda's exciting adventures.   Many species of whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine mammals can be seen in...
    Peggy Stap taking identification photo of Orca. Researchers take picture of the dorsal fin and the saddle patch to identify individual animals. Photo © Martijn StiphoutPorpoising Orcas in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo © Peggy Stap