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Marine Animals

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Sea Lions Mysteriously Vacate Hyde Street Pier, Lose Out On National Coverage

    And then there were none...​Back in August, a group of more than 100 unruly sea lions swarmed the Hyde Street Pier, claimed it for themselves, and seriously pissed off nearby boat owners, fishermen, swimmers, and especially Port of San Francisco wharfinger Hedley Prince. (Here's our cover sto ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    And then there were none...​Back in August, a group of more than 100 unruly sea lions swarmed the Hyde Street Pier, claimed it for themselves, and seriously pissed off nearby boat owners, fishermen, swimmers, and especially Port of San Francisco wharfinger Hedley Prince. (Here's our cover sto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Breadstick the Sea Lion, Whose Triumphant Return To Nature Was Documented By SF Weekly, Is Back In Captivity

    Andy WrightWayne Fenton and Breadstick​As documented in this week's SF Weekly cover story, Too Cute to Shoot, a former army tank commander named Wayne Fenton recently spent $400 and a whole lot of time and energy rescuing a one-eyed, starving sea lion named Breadstick. (Meanwhile, as th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Shuck and Swallow with Us Tomorrow at Ghirardelli Square

    Robert LauristonGet ready to gulp. Seriously.​People like oysters. And they like dolphins. They're not totally unrelated: Both are cold, wet, and both, though we've never tasted a dolphin (not knowingly, anyway), allegedly damn tasty. Tomorrow, McCormick & Kuleto's (Ghirardelli Square, 900 Nor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Penguins Defy Arranged Couplings at the California Academy of Sciences

    The illicit love of Howard and Safara​Last night at the California Academy of Sciences, a group of spectators gathered around the African penguin exhibit squealed and cooed as twenty blackfoot penguins bopped around their rocky enclosure like so many wind-up toys. These parti ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2009

    The Cove expertly exposes the horrific treatment of dolphins

    The illicit love of Howard and Safara​Last night at the California Academy of Sciences, a group of spectators gathered around the African penguin exhibit squealed and cooed as twenty blackfoot penguins bopped around their rocky enclosure like so many wind-up toys. These parti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Twitter-Size Recipes: Jen Biesty

    If you think you recognize the executive chef of Scala's Bistro (432 Powell at Post) wihtout ever having eaten there, it's because Jen Biesty competed on the fourth season of Bravo's Top Chef in 2008, where she cooked meals inspired by penguins and the film Il Postino. SFoodie challenged Biesty to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    A Sea Otter Taught me How to Love

    If you think you recognize the executive chef of Scala's Bistro (432 Powell at Post) wihtout ever having eaten there, it's because Jen Biesty competed on the fourth season of Bravo's Top Chef in 2008, where she cooked meals inspired by penguins and the film Il Postino. SFoodie challenged Biesty to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    SF Weekly Celebrates Sea Otter Week!

    If you think you recognize the executive chef of Scala's Bistro (432 Powell at Post) wihtout ever having eaten there, it's because Jen Biesty competed on the fourth season of Bravo's Top Chef in 2008, where she cooked meals inspired by penguins and the film Il Postino. SFoodie challenged Biesty to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Last Night: Cal Academy of Sciences Press Preview

    If you think you recognize the executive chef of Scala's Bistro (432 Powell at Post) wihtout ever having eaten there, it's because Jen Biesty competed on the fourth season of Bravo's Top Chef in 2008, where she cooked meals inspired by penguins and the film Il Postino. SFoodie challenged Biesty to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Safe Surfin' at Stinson

    If you think you recognize the executive chef of Scala's Bistro (432 Powell at Post) wihtout ever having eaten there, it's because Jen Biesty competed on the fourth season of Bravo's Top Chef in 2008, where she cooked meals inspired by penguins and the film Il Postino. SFoodie challenged Biesty to c ... More >>

  • Film

    June 25, 2008

    Deep Freeze

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2008

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Sharks are Total Party Animals

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Bush to California: screw you and your ocean

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Culture

    October 3, 2007

    Josh Keyes' 'Surface Tension' Confronts Pollution at Hang Art

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    What's Not On The Menu: Sea Turtle Eggs

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    What's Not On The Menu: Sea Turtle Eggs

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2007

    Wholphin Promises Heavy Metal, Satanism, and Bioterrorism Videos Tonight

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Whale Watchers

    We offer tips for returning lost whales to the ocean the next time they get lost in the delta

  • Film

    November 15, 2006

    Dance of the Penguin

    That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it.

  • Home Entertainment

    June 21, 2006

    Shark Bites

    JAWS Unleashed is as sloppy as it is gory

  • Music

    December 28, 2005

    I Wanna Be Adored

    In search of recognition at the Argus Lounge

  • Film

    June 29, 2005

    Miracle on Ice

    The life of the emperor penguin isn't easy, but it might make yours seem better

  • Film

    June 15, 2005

    Glorious Sea

    Brosnan's narration can't mar Deep Blue's gorgeous ocean footage

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Shark Diving

    Brosnan's narration can't mar Deep Blue's gorgeous ocean footage

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Fishing on the Dock of the Bay

    Too many fishermen are still unaware of the dangers of consuming San Francisco Bay seafood

  • Film

    September 29, 2004

    Floundering

    Cruel, vapid, and unfunny, this Shark bites

  • Film

    August 4, 2004

    Shark Bait

    Open Water delivers more flaws than jaws

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2004

    Fishy Forage

    Set sail with the whales

  • Culture

    December 3, 2003

    The Construction Cabaret

    Yes, they're puppets made from tools, but the show's not for the whole family

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2003

    Hey, Sailor!

    Salty young dogs party on

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Tale of the Whale; Night Crawler: A Cure for the Common Cold

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2001

    Hold On a Minute!

    Ecologists are still trying to spin their phony save the whale campaign

  • News

    November 28, 2001

    Peace, Love, and Misunderstandings

    Followers of the late John Lilly, the guru of higher consciousness, are squabbling over his legacy

  • News

    November 28, 2001

    The Unlikely Environmentalists

    International environmentalists claim they stopped a Mexican salt plant that endangered the gray whale. Actually, though, the Mexican government canceled the plant for reasons of its own.

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    Conundrum

    At the same time hundreds of dead gray whales were washing up on beaches, their birthrate was plunging. Theories abound, but little hard data has been gathered to solve this environmental puzzle.

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    Survival

    When the captain brought the journalist along on the whale hunt, the elders predicted trouble. The elders were right. The whale tried to kill them all.

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Troubled Waters; HOT Topic; Clarification

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Family-Style Chinese Restaurant

    Eight Immortals

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Discount Asian Foods

    Richmond New May Wah Supermarket

  • News

    April 25, 2001

    Russian Roulette

    The Western Pacific gray whale, once thought extinct, clings to life in a remote Siberian sea. Biologists fear their research is serving as cover for massive oil drilling that could wipe out this lost tribe once and for all.

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    Dying Breeds

    Siberian Eskimos on the edge of the Earth and the brink of starvation saved their lives and their culture by reviving the lost tradition of whale hunting. Now they worry the gray whales are poisoned.

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    Devil Fish

    Fierce prey. Spiritual brother. Ecological bellwether. The majestic gray whale inspires awe, conflict, and troubling environmental questions from the icy seas of Russia to the warm lagoons of Baja.

  • News

    December 20, 2000

    What's Come Around

    'Tis the season for Cosmic Justice for Japanese whale eaters, and many, many S.F. politicos

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Thai Plus

    Basil Thai Restaurant and Bar

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Fins

    Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2000

    Animal Magnetism

    Seal Lion 10th Anniversary

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Night Crawler

    To the Farallones

  • Calendar

    June 2, 1999

    Night Crawler

    To the Farallones

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