{"id":104083,"date":"2020-03-21T16:44:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T23:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/whale-experts-launch-free-virtual-marine-biology-camp-to-entertain-and-inform-kids"},"modified":"2020-03-21T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T23:44:58","slug":"whale-experts-launch-free-virtual-marine-biology-camp-to-entertain-and-inform-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/whale-experts-launch-free-virtual-marine-biology-camp-to-entertain-and-inform-kids","title":{"rendered":"Whale experts launch free, virtual marine biology camp to entertain and inform kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/whale-experts-launch-free-virtual-marine-biology-camp-to-entertain-and-inform-kids2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scientists running Seattle-based <a href=\"http:\/\/oceansinitiative.org\">Oceans Initiative<\/a> more typically apply their marine mammal expertise to research on endangered orcas or conservation of white-sided dolphins in Washington\u2019s Puget Sound.<\/p>\n<p>But the upside-down world of the new coronavirus and the closure of their nearly 6-year-old daughter\u2019s school inspired them this week to launch what they\u2019ve dubbed their <a href=\"http:\/\/oceansinitiative.org\/blog\/\">Virtual Marine Biology Camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought maybe it would be fun for a group of us to be able to hang out online and talk about whales and dolphins and other marine life,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/oceansinitiative.org\/about-us\/\">Erin Ashe<\/a>, executive director and scientist with the nonprofit institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scientists running Seattle-based Oceans Initiative more typically apply their marine mammal expertise to research on endangered orcas or conservation of white-sided dolphins in Washington\u2019s Puget Sound. But the upside-down world of the new coronavirus and the closure of their nearly 6-year-old daughter\u2019s school inspired them this week to launch what they\u2019ve dubbed their Virtual [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}