Cape Clasp Blog

Introducing the Make Waves Watch from our collaboration with Nuun Official. Crafted from recycled plastic and finished in an ocean blue colorway, this timepiece is both stylish and sustainable. The dial...

When it was first introduced, plastic seemed like a pretty neat innovation. It is cheap to produce, versatile, and can be shaped into pretty much anything that we want.  Every...

  The World Conservation Union classifies six of the seven sea turtle species as threatened or endangered due to human actions and lifestyles. And one of the five major hazards...

Orcas are probably the most notorious ocean predators. After all, they carry the killer in their name!  But their title is very misleading, so they have an undeserved reputation and...

The holidays are coming up (we know, we know… didn’t they just happen?!) so we wanted to make sure we let everyone in on the inside scoop to plan ahead.

The Shark Project is a collectible series of hand drawn illustrations living in the digital world which donate back to sharks living in the physical world. Your Shark also acts as...

The quest for immortality has captivated our minds since the beginning of time. From Dracula to The Picture of Dorian Gray, Benjamin Button, and Highlander, popular culture is filled with tales...

The Moon Jelly gets its name from their short tentacles and translucent moon-like bell. (A jellyfish’s bell is the portion of their bodies that contract and relax to help them move through the water.) With these tentacles, they deliver a sting to their prey (mostly zooplankton and mollusks), through their tentacles and can sting humans. But don’t worry, the sting is only a mild discomfort...

This past July, we spoke with Danni Washington, one of the co-founders of Big Blue & You (one of our nonprofit partners) on the importance of making waves. With four different initiatives, Big Blue & You is educating the next generation on how to use arts, science, and media as weapons of change in the name of conservation.

Manta rays are one of the most unique and eye-catching animals on planet earth. They also happen to be related to another popular ocean creature… sharks! Due to the relation to their toothy cousins (and to the stingray) people can mistake Don’t fret though, because manta rays don’t actually  pose any threat to humans! Let’s quell some of those unwarranted fears with 10 fun facts about these majestic ocean creatures.