The above photo is making the rounds (see here and follow the link trail). In it the a scuba diver is next to Lion’s Mane Jellyfish. But I’m calling bullshit on this photo. Lion’s Maine Jellyfish are indeed big. The world record had a bell diameter of 7 and half feet (2.29m) and 120 ft . . . → Read More: Super Jellyfish?!
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By Dr. M, on  January 23rd, 2012  15 comments  Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Critters  lies, Lion Mane's Jellyfish, photoshopped, size extreme By para_sight, on January 20th, 2012 5 comments Biodiversity, Critters Georgia Aquarium, HBOI, reefs, sponge reefs, sponges, submersibles The other deeplings (except RickMac) are at the fantastic Science Online conference this week, meeting with other scientist communicators and hatching various plots for DSN’s ascendancy to world dominance using, I suspect, some combination of Ferragarmos, rum and giant squid tentacles. So, I guess you’re stuck with me! To wit: I made this bit of . . . → Read More: A glass more than half full of awesome
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 17th, 2012 One comment Critters, Mating & Reproduction apophallation, banana slug, Mollusc, sex This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate Clancy‘s & Scicurious‘ Sex, gender and controversy: writing to educate, writing to titillate session at Science Online 2012, since this is one of the silliest bits of sex-related writing I’ve ever . . . → Read More: Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
By Dr. M, on December 29th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Critters, New Species, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls scaly-foot snail, yeti crab A Yeti crab found living at the Dragon Vent in the south-west Indian Ocean Photograph from David Shale On December 15th, I mentioned the exciting news from Jon Copley of the discovery of potentially new species of Yeti Crab. The Guardian has a photo gallery of the some of the creatures from the Dragon Vent including the . . . → Read More: Another New Yeti Crab! Pt II
By Dr. M, on December 6th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Microbes, New Research, New Species, Open Access, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Uncategorized Hydrothermal Vent, kiwa, Kiwa hirsuta, Kiwa puravida, yeti crab Back in 2005, three researchers described and named a very unusual crab from a hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean (paper here). The scientists christened this crustacean Kiwa hirsuta from the name of the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology and the Latin hirsutus meaning hairy. The later specifically referring some very hairy claws indeed. Thus . . . → Read More: Yeti Crab Roundup
By para_sight, on October 5th, 2011 5 comments Biodiversity, Carnivals & Link Love, Critters, Zooplankton copepod, Microscopy Check this out: That right there is one gorgeous copepod, one of the bigger and more important groups of planktonic crustaceans. It looks huge but is actually tiny; probably 1-2mm. This is what they normally look like on a light microscope: You can see how much richer and more detailed the top image is (although . . . → Read More: Copepod awesomesauce
By RickMac, on September 23rd, 2011 One comment Cephalopods!, Coral, Critters, Mating & Reproduction Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow, Gettin' It On, Mating, sex A friend of CORAL, Dr Steve Cohen, passed along this great footage he captured of some randy cuttlefish on the reefs at the Wakatobi Dive Resort in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. No lascivious copulation, sneaker males, or sperm displacement observed, but cool nonetheless. Thanks Steve! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}A friend of CORAL, Dr Steve Cohen, . . . → Read More: Your Friday Cuttlefish
By Miriam Goldstein, on August 12th, 2011 17 comments Critters crawfish, crayfish, lobster, taxonomy, Zabar's Lobster or crayfish? Photo © Biopix: JC Schou 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 . . . → Read More: Are crawfish really lobster?
By Dr Bik, on August 3rd, 2011 6 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Microbes marine fungi, nematodes, nematophagous, sediments That’s right, you heard me—there are mushrooms that live in the sea. OK, well technically a mushroom is a fruiting body of a fungus with a cap, stem and gills, but lets take some dramatic liberties and run with it. A new draft manuscript recently necessitated that I review the literature on marine fungi – . . . → Read More: Marine Fungi are Totally Badass
By Dr. M, on August 1st, 2011 5 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Coral, Critters, Ecology, New Research, Open Access Anemone, Behavior, behaviour, Cephalopod, nervous system, personality, self-orgazing, Snail Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures-F. Scott Fitzgerald Quirky, sheepish, fun-loving, lethargic, energetic, aloof, courageous, sensitive You might invoke these words to describe your friends and family. Indeed, you recognize them all by their distinctive personalities. You may even use these terms to describe your beloved dog or cat. But it is hard . . . → Read More: The many personalities of snails and anemones
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