After reading a recent paper in the journal Coral Reefs on the ability of Harlequin filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) to masquerade as branching stony coral (abstract only), two facts are inescapable: 1) Evolution freakin’ rocks! 2) Vertebrates are just invertebrate wannabe’s. Non-paywall summary also at livescience.com. . . . → Read More: Invertebrate Wannabe
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By RickMac, on  August 16th, 2011  Leave a comment  Adaptations, Biodiversity, Coral, Evolution, Fish  zomg If I had $1500 I would buy The Belly’s Ocean a 12″ x 14″ watercolor, ink, acrylic on Rives BFK illustration paper by Matt Rota. Unfortunately my $1500 is in my other pants right now . . . → Read More: Giant Squid Attacks Town
By Dr. M, on August 15th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Deep Sea Music John Barrowman, Stephen Fry, Vampire Squid From Hell QI (Quite Interesting) is a British comedy panel game television quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry. In the clip above a crack team tackles the tough question of what is the Vampire Squid from Hell. Sue Perkins describes the vampire squid from hell as the John Barrowman(see video below) of the deep seas, because it … . . . → Read More: Vampire Squid Dazzles Would Be Predators
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 15th, 2011 5 comments Fishing, Industry & Government Asia, fisheries, fishermen, fishing, Human Rights Abuses, New Zealand, Worker's Rights While some think that being a marine scientist is somehow more elitist than being a fisherman, they can’t be further from the truth. As a marine scientist I feel closer to men of the sea than to anyone. This is why I choose to live in a small coastal Carolinian fishing village. We are … . . . → Read More: Sweeping Fishermen’s Human Rights Under the Rug
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 14th, 2011 6 comments Bringin' It, Industry & Government Great Lakes, Repellant, Sea Lamprey, University of Michigan Sea lampreys are invasive in the Great Lakes and cause quite a problem to both maritime industry and the local ecology. They are considered one of the most destructive invaders and scientists at the University of Michigan have been hard at work developing a lamprey repellent. I’d say from the response in these videos … . . . → Read More: Scaring the $#!& Out of Lampreys
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 12th, 2011 17 comments Critters crawfish, crayfish, lobster, taxonomy, Zabar's The New York media is all aflame over a shocking discovery at local institution Zabar’s. Zabar’s, an Upper West Side gourmet grocery store is justly famed for its amazing coffee, cheese, and baked goods (the chocolate babka is especially glorious). But for the last 15 years, the lobster salad has been made with freshwater … . . . → Read More: Are crawfish really lobster?
By Dr Bik, on August 12th, 2011 2 comments Biodiversity, Ecology, Invertebrate Wars, Mating & Reproduction, Weird disturbing, nematodes, Reproduction, traumatic insemination Sometimes I think that those of us studying ‘minor phyla’ do so in order to prevent from developing some secret (potentially peverse) obsessions. Example: I recently attended the Society of Nematology’s 50th Anniversary meeting, where the plenary topic was….traumatic insemination. This was the subsequent topic of conversation for the next four days. “Write a blog … . . . → Read More: A great day for a little Traumatic Insemination
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 11th, 2011 4 comments Cephalopods! Argonautidae, argonauts, hectocotylus, paper nautilus In my last post about my voyage on from Hawaii to California this summer, Wil asked what it was like to be at sea for month. I said: To me, one of the best feelings in the world is watching the land vanish on the horizon, knowing that I won’t see it again for a … . . . → Read More: Flight of the Argonauts
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 10th, 2011 Leave a comment Art, Life At Sea Comics, sailors, seafaring Most of the DSN team has also never seen a sailor that we couldn’t lick. Salty! Via GRP & Comically Vintage. . . . → Read More: Never seen a sailor we couldn’t lick
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 9th, 2011 3 comments Opinion, Plastic marine debris, plastic pollution Poster by Max Temkin, via Grist. . . . → Read More: Why you should wash your damn spoon
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