ECOCEAN in the News September 10, 2006
A week’s worth of science news
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Spotty animals underwater
Sophisticated pattern-recognition software originally developed for deciphering telescope images is now being used to help protect the whale shark, an endangered species.
The outer-space software works as well underwater, because every whale shark is effectively branded at birth with a unique pattern of lines and spots that doesn’t change during its lifetime…. spot patterns. A complete photo gallery is available online (http://www.ecocean.org) along with tips on taking new ID pictures. Don …