Kick-off your Valentine’s Day early with a fun and thought-provoking afternoon with Dr. Marah J. Hardt, scientist, storyteller, and author of Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep. Through stories about elaborate mating rituals of armored lobsters, giant right whales engaging in lively threesomes whilst holding their breath, and the full moon sex parties of groupers, Hardt connects the inventive sex acts of marine life with sustainability of the oceans. Dive in to where sex first began, and find out why it matters that we might be causing some serious coitus interruptus in the deep blue sea. Talk followed by question and answers with the audience and book signing.

Dr. Marah J Hardt is a scientist and author and the Director of Research at the non-profit Future of Fish. A coral reef ecologist by training, she works to drive sustainable solutions for people and the seas. She is a former research fellow at Blue Ocean Institute and has published in academic as well as popular media outlets. She received her PhD in marine science from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2007 and her B.A. in History of Science from Harvard University.