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Day: November 30, 2019

Now you see me, now you don’t

Posted on 2019-11-302023-01-05 by Allison J. Gong

The intertidal sculpins are delightful little fish with lots of personality. They’re really fun to watch, if you have the patience to sit still for a while and let them do their thing. A sculpin’s best defense is to not be seen, so their first instinct is to freeze where they are. Then, if a…

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