I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check out super awesome Scripps alumna and MIT post-doc Melissa Garren on the glory and the mystery oceanic microbes. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check…
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  May 18th, 2012  2 comments  Microbes, TGIF: Pictures & Movies  Melissa Garren, Microbes, microbiologist, microbiome, TED By Miriam Goldstein, on May 4th, 2012 5 comments Cephalopods!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Invertebrate Wars, Octopus, Seagull The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By para_sight, on April 27th, 2012 4 comments Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Coral, Critters, Deep Sea 101, Expeditions, Fish, New Research, TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Vessels and Equipment Gulf of Mexico, Little hercules, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, ROV This week the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer has been dropping its ROV Little Hercules onto various features in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including an old wood/iron wreck, salt domes and man-made seismic trenches. Okeanos has an interesting remote arrangement where folks back on the continent can direct the ROV pilots in real time by . . . → Read More: TGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer
By para_sight, on April 20th, 2012 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Coral, Evolution, TGIF: Pictures & Movies From the Barber lab at UCLA comes this awesome video. Not only can they sing better than most biologists, but the lyrics are great! I especially liked the line about not caring about income, just wanting to discover stuff. I feel ya… Hat tip to @neillosin on Twitter Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}From the Barber lab . . . → Read More: TGIF – the coral triangle, a-capella style!
By para_sight, on April 20th, 2012 One comment Biodiversity, Coral, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies coral reefs, fiji, Solomon Islands Right now our own @rmacpherson is in the Pacific, talking coral and shark conservation Fiji. In honour of his trip, here is a beautiful video of 100% live acroporid coral cover in the nearby Solomon Islands, shot by Bruce Carlson. I offer it as evidence for this TGIF that there are still many beautiful and . . . → Read More: TGIF – 100% live coral cover
h/t Bruce Carlson and TED Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}h/t Bruce Carlson and TED Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Kevin Zelnio, on March 30th, 2012 Leave a comment Adaptations, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Creature Cast, Ctenophore, Photonics CreatureCast – Ctenophore Photonics from Casey Dunn on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}CreatureCast – Ctenophore Photonics from Casey Dunn on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By para_sight, on March 23rd, 2012 Leave a comment Adaptations, Biodiversity, Coral, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Uncategorized bleaching, blennies, Coral, coral bleaching, coral reefs, feeding Exallias brevis male My good colleague Dr. Bruce Carlson just uploaded a very nice short YouTube video about a reef blenny called Exallias brevis. Exallias is fairly special (but by no means unique) not just because it’s quite the looker, but because it is a coral predator. Like many blennies it has a mouth that . . . → Read More: TGIF – Exallias brevis, a very special fish
Since its so gray and dreary in California today, we were discussing brighter topics over lunch – naturally, ogling over some bioluminescence. If you haven’t seen Edith Widder’s TED talks about her work on glowing sea creatures, sit back with a cuppa and sip it up: Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Since its so gray and dreary . . . → Read More: TGIF: Edith Widder’s TED talks on Bioluminescence
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 2nd, 2012 2 comments Ecology, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Crustacea, Hermit Crab, shell, trash Hermit Crab Changes Shell & Hermit in a Bottle “After having looked for years, we finally saw a hermit crab in the act of switching shells. And, in the same month, also saw one walking around in a bottle!” Find out lots of great pictures and videos by the divers at Blenny Watcher, an . . . → Read More: Finding The Perfect Home That Just Screams YOU!
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