Evan Oscherwitz '18

Today marked the first day of our research dives, which we had spent the last few weeks preparing for. In addition to providing important data for our projects, today's dives featured a number of remarkable sightings, including but not limited to sand divers (a type of lizardfish,) a queen angelfish, gray angelfish, a spotted moray eel, a massive scrawled...

As I stated in yesterday's blog entry, yesterday was one of the most interesting days of my life. Today was one of the outright best. The day started with a pedestrian sausage and egg breakfast prepared by Dr. Kirby, followed by a search for invertebrates on the reef at Savannah Beach. The search yielded two rock-boring urchins, a giant...

Today easily ranks as one of the most diverting days of my young life, as I was granted the amazing opportunity to experience the natural wonders of the eastern Caribbean. On the immeasurably awesome Seadragon, captained by the Hulky Hungarian divemaster Zoltán, in all of his Magyar glory, we set sail for the minor islands that approximate Virgin Gorda....

My name is Evan Oscherwitz, I am a junior at Jesuit Dallas with a fixation on marine animals, fish in particular. I am incredibly excited about the trip, as it will be my first opportunity to do field research on wild animals. My hope is that I will be able to catch a glimpse of one of my favorite...