Andrew Stewart, the curator of fishes at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, described the ethereal beauty of oarfish, highlighting their stunning colors and otherworldly appearance. He noted that although efforts were made to collect one of the specimens, seagulls had destroyed their heads, which contained key scientific features. The disappointment arose from the lost opportunity to study aspects like earbones and teeth, as these features are essential for understanding their biology.
The Pacific Northwest faces an imminent risk from the Cascadia subduction zone, expected to rupture within the next 200 years, leading to a potentially catastrophic earthquake.
I had a funny feeling in my ears, like when the barometer drops during a hurricane. I looked up, and there it was, the sinister-looking black cloud. I stood like a deer in the headlights.
"The Army Corps of Engineers are heroes in Los Angeles, are heroes in the Palisades," said Mayor Karen Bass, highlighting the rapid recovery efforts that have commenced since the January firestorms.