The deep-sea Osedax bone-devouring worms could easily have been the poster child for Deep-Sea News instead of the Giant Squid. Below is list of 10 reasons why Osedax are the shiznit. The chicas are freaky. All whalebone-eating, female worms have dwarf males, up to 114 in Osedax rubiplumus, fruiting around inside of their body. The . . . → Read More: 10 Reasons Why Bone Eating Worms Are F’n Awesome
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By Dr. M, on  May 2nd, 2013  4 comments  Adaptations, Biology, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Weird By Alex Warneke, on April 12th, 2013 4 comments Adaptations, Ecology, Fish, Pictures and Movies  anglerfish, sex I guess it has just been an Anglerfish kind of week. Found this little ditty at work today and it made me giggle. May it inspire all of your friday night escapades. Source: Alex Warneke By Dr. M, on April 8th, 2013 5 comments Adaptations, Biology, Intertidal, Mating & Reproduction, Mollusk, New Research, Organisms disposable, Ed Yong, hermaphrodite, love gun, Nudibranch, Penis, Sea Slug, ten hundred words There is not much to add to the whole story on disposable penises after Ed Yong wrote about it. So being a big fan of the Ten Hundred Most Used Words challenge (Can you explain a hard idea using only the ten hundred most used words?), I decided it was time I give it a . . . → Read More: Disposable Penises in Ten Hundred Most Used Words
By Dr. M, on March 6th, 2013 8 comments Adaptations, Organisms anus, cloaca, echinoderm, feeding, holothurian, respiratory tree, Sea Cucumber Some animals vent their anuses. And, no, I’m not referring to the act of waving a hand around ones posterior to diffuse the gaseous remnants of chilidogs. Some sea stars, sea cucumbers, crinoids, worms, and crustaceans all pump huge volumes of water into and out of their anus. Why would you do this outside of . . . → Read More: Butt munchers
By Dr. M, on February 25th, 2013 One comment Adaptations, Cephalopods darkness, evolution, Eye, Giant Squid, visual The largest measured giant squid eye is 27 centimeters (10.63 inches), roughly the size of a large dinner plate. Whereas all giant squids don’t have goliath fine china size eyeballs, most are between 5-15 centimeters (~2-6 inches), their peepers are huge. The swordfish has roughly the same body size as a giant squid, yet . . . → Read More: Why the giant squid eye?
I find the intersection of fluid dynamics and biology fascinating. How animals manipulate their surroundings to bring nutrients to them. And coral cilia is just one of these tricks! Coral polyps, sucking in the nutrients with their dastardly cilia (image via Stocker Group, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT.) This shot is an incredible close-up of . . . → Read More: Even corals heart fluid dynamics
By Alex Warneke, on February 21st, 2013 One comment Adaptations, Ecology, Evolution, Organisms coloration, MC Hammer, nematocyst, Nudibranch, Predation, Sea Slug Chromodoris posing for thecutest picture ever taken. Source: NatGeo Another epic post from Alex Warneke, aka lil’ A Disposable nudibranch penises are all the rage this month thanks to a study published in the Royal Society’s journal Biology Letters. Undoubtedly a unique skill in the animal kingdom, there is just something about the phrase “detachable . . . → Read More: Can’t Touch This
By Alex Warneke, on February 14th, 2013 Leave a comment Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms chemical ecology, lobster, mate choice, mate cues, R. Kelly, sex, Valentine's Day Alexandria Warneke is a masters student at San Diego State University. You may remember that Alex had a Scifund project asking for funds to support her research in chemical ecology. I so was impressed with Alex video dropping made science rhymes over the beat of Fresh Prince of Bel Air that I asked her to . . . → Read More: Nothing says let’s get it on…
Alexandria Warneke is a masters student at San Diego State University. You may remember that Alex had a Scifund project asking for funds to support her research in chemical ecology. I so was impressed with Alex video dropping made science rhymes over the beat of Fresh Prince of Bel Air that I asked her to . . . → Read More: SOS Please Someone Help Me…
By Dr. M, on February 3rd, 2013 6 comments Adaptations, Cephalopods, Fish, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms female, Gender, gender role, male, Mating, sex, sterotypes 1. Seahorses-Males Giving Birth Th example might be an obvious one but worth the mention. Male seahorses possess a pouch on their frontside, similar to kangaroos. During mating, the male will pump seawater into the pouch to expand and reveal its sad emptiness to the courting female. The female, feeling very bad about the emptiness, . . . → Read More: 10 Ocean Species That Challenge Gender Role Stereotypes
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