Jonathan Bird's Blue World

Jonathan travels to the Maldives to witness a huge manta ray feeding frenzy and to Indonesia to explore an island surrounded by venomous sea snakes!

Jonathan travels to Mexico for an up-close encounter with Bull sharks and then to NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston where astronauts train underwater for space walking.

On a trip to Hawaii, Jonathan meets the critically endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal, then he travels to Bonaire to dive with a group of wounded veterans learning to dive. Finally, he participates in a fish census in Massachusetts.

In the Florida Keys, Jonathan visits three shipwreckswrecks of different ages to see how these wrecks turn into reefs. Then he travels to the island of Bonaire to take a course in freediving from Karol Meyer, a world-champion freediver.

Jonathan travels to upstate New York to learn how biologists are working to save the sturgeon in the St. Lawrence river. Then he visits an underwater farm in Key Largo where they grow coral!

Jonathan learns how they train Beluga whales at the Mystic Aquarium, explores a deep blue hole in the Bahamas, and swims with wild Spinner dolphins in Hawaii.

Jonathan visits Aquarius Reef Base-the world's only undersea lab where scientists live in saturation for days or weeks at a time, studying the ocean. Then he explores the world of skates and rays.

Jonathan joins a veteran cave explorer to plumb the crystal clear water in the depths of Stargate Blue Hole in the Bahamas. Then he explores the biology of sponges.

At the remote Cocos Island, 300 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, Jonathan witnesses a nightly shark hunting ritual. Then he travels to California to explore kelp forests. Finally, he explores shipwrecks in the St. Lawrence river!

Jonathan joins a team of underwater archaeologists on a project to excavate the remains of Blackbeard the Pirate's ship. Then he travels to Hawaii to meet Manta rays that feed in divers' lights at night.

Jonathan travels from the St. Lawrence river to the Caribbean, looking at several of the most well-known underwater invasive species and their effect on the environment. Then he explores 1000 feet down in a special submarine and meets an astonishing variety of deep sea animals.