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By Alex Warneke, on  May 7th, 2013  7 comments  Art, Biology, Education, Life of Science, Pictures and Movies  Amadeo Bachar, Art, CSUMB, Scientific Illustration 
Source: A. Bachar They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” As cliche as it is, that phrase could not resonate more clearly for this visual learner than when I am flipping through a 10 lb. biology textbook full of thousands of words. I can read through pages and pages describing some ecological process . . . → Read More: From coast to canvas: The art of biological illustration
By Dr Bik, on April 13th, 2013 4 comments Cephalopods, Pictures and Movies 3D, Bristol Aquarium, Building Art, Octopus, photos In honor of their new “Giant Pacific Octopus” exhibit, Bristol Aquarium has commissioned some pretty badass building art. Thanks to Justin Dowling (the artist) for bringing this to our attention. Your work is totally awesome! Take a look at the images below – it took me a good 10 minutes to figure out this is . . . → Read More: Giant Octopus Building Art!
By para_sight, on April 13th, 2013 11 comments Biology, Mammals, Pictures and Movies, Weird Behavior, behaviour, dolphin behavior, dolphins, hawaii, scuba, scuba diving In my inbox today was this video of a remarkable bit of animal behaviour captured on video. It shows the famous manta night dive in Hawai’i interrupted by a dolphin, which seems to solicit help from a diver for a case of fishing line entanglement. The dolphin holds patiently still while the diver carefully removes . . . → Read More: Extraordinary dolphin footage
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 March 29th, 2013 One comment Mollusk, Pictures and Movies Dubstep, Mollusca, parody, sail Sure this is a terrestrial snail and this is a marine blog. But c’mon I’m a malacologist and snails and dubstep are a natural pairing By Dr. M, on March 27th, 2013 Leave a comment Mammals, Pictures and Movies crystals, dolphin huggers, dolphins, Penn and Teller, people, rainbows, woo Thanks to Cara Santa Maria for bringing this to my attention Can’t stop laughing By Dr Bik, on March 23rd, 2013 5 comments Ecology, Pictures and Movies, The Basics, Uncategorized nematode, spongebob, taxonomy At some point someone had sent me this video as a joke – according the SpongeBob SquarePants, this is what nematodes do in the deep sea: Video embedding was disabled by YouTube, so click here to watch the video. (And if you’re really lazy, here is a screenshot): Nematodes according to SpongeBob – AVERT YOUR . . . → Read More: Don’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePants
By Dr Bik, on March 7th, 2013 Leave a comment Pictures and Movies, Reviews, Scientist! Colbert Report, gonads, Maine, Reproduction, scallops, shellfish This hilarious clip has been making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter these past few days – I was dying with laughter when I watched. Getting on the Colbert Report is one of my long-term career goals (not joking), so if there are any writers reading this, we are willing and waiting! Skylar Bayer is . . . → Read More: The Enemy Within – Dr. Skylar Bayer on the Colbert Report
A nice little animation from my favorite television program, PBS’s NOVA By Dr Bik, on February 15th, 2013 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Pictures and Movies, Reviews China, coral reef, ink painting, marine habitat, modern art, scuba diving, tgif I was going to give you a post about sea snakes to commemorate Chinese New Year, but I decided they’re just too creepy. Go check out some YouTube videos and see how long you last (I can only take about 10 seconds of footage). Instead, I figured I’d highlight something more soothing–Modern Art in China. . . . → Read More: TGIF: “Journey to the Deep and Within”, modern Chinese ink paintings of the underwater realm
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