I was just listening to a podcast about how sea sponges use the pores all over their body to “bring in food and release wastes”…
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You Should Definitely Know about Pufferfish Skeletons
It all started with this Tweet. So, uh, I just learned that this is what a pufferfish skeleton looks like, and I think you all…
View More You Should Definitely Know about Pufferfish SkeletonsSo, You Want to Live in the Water? A Tale of Why Aquatic Mammals are So Big
Guest post by William Gearty (Ph.D. Student at Stanford University) It’s summertime and you’re sweating from the heat and humidity. You jump in the pool…
View More So, You Want to Live in the Water? A Tale of Why Aquatic Mammals are So BigHow We Know Megalodon Doesn’t Still Exist?
Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark, at a magnificent maximum length of 18 meters (59 feet), to ever have dwelled in the oceans. We…
View More How We Know Megalodon Doesn’t Still Exist?How the Squid Lost Its Shell
This is a guest post by Dr. Danna Staaf, a science writer with a PhD in marine biology from Stanford University. Her first book, Squid…
View More How the Squid Lost Its ShellThe harrowing life of the violet snail
For a long time when I thought of the violet snail a cold chill would run down my spine. I first learned about it after moving…
View More The harrowing life of the violet snailTrolling in the deep: from raging rants to support of the strange
Today’s guest post is by Natasha Phillips, a marine biologist and PhD researcher based at Queen’s University Belfast, interested in the movement ecology, diet and…
View More Trolling in the deep: from raging rants to support of the strangeThe Little Strawberry Squid with the Big Eye
If I were ever to write a Little Golden Book on par with The Poky Little Puppy it would about cute, little, and red, deep-sea…
View More The Little Strawberry Squid with the Big EyeSo yeah ocean sunfish are ridiculous, dolphins are @#$@&, and deep-sea anglerfish are monsters
Recently a couple of interesting posts sparked some introspection on how I view, label, and discuss the denizens of the oceans. Carla Litchfield, Senior Lecturer, School…
View More So yeah ocean sunfish are ridiculous, dolphins are @#$@&, and deep-sea anglerfish are monstersHow do bone-eating worms eat bones?
The deep-sea Osedax bone-devouring worms could easily have been the poster child for Deep-Sea News instead of the Giant Squid. I love them because Osedax are…
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