Dear Abby, It’s just not fair. There I was, a freshly produced sand tiger shark embryo, developing nicely and making my way down the ovarian ducts to one horn of the uterus. I had blastulated like a boss, totally owned gastrulation and even did a half decent impersonation of ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny. Things were looking . . . → Read More: It’s not uterUS, it’s uterME
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By para_sight, on  May 14th, 2013  One comment  Biology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Sharks  cannibalism, elasmobranch, Embryo, in utero, Reproduction, sand tiger shark, sharks By Alex Warneke, on May 7th, 2013 8 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. M, on May 2nd, 2013 4 comments Adaptations, Biology, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Weird 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
By Alex Warneke, on April 25th, 2013 3 comments Biology, Crustacean, Habitats amphipods, Haiku, Mesograzers, seagrass 
Underwater Rolly Pollie also known as Elasmopus levis.Source: Matt Whalen Amphipods and I, well, we have a love/hate relationship. I love them because, for all intents and purposes, they are the rolly pollies of the ocean. And come on…who doesn’t love rolly pollies!? However, when it comes to using these crusty critters in experiments, all . . . → Read More: Wranglin’ the Mighty Mesograzer
By Dr. M, on April 17th, 2013 14 comments Biology, Coral Reef, Fish, Organisms Eel, predator, prey, sea snake In the below video a seasnake catches a moray eel at Giant Clam, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines. I believe the eel is a fimbriated moray, Gymnothorax fimbriatus which can reach lengths of of about 2.5 feet and apparently can make a fetching design for a dress. The sea snake appears to be the banded sea . . . → Read More: Seasnake vs. Moray Eel…not what I was expecting
By Dr. Martini, on April 17th, 2013 Leave a comment Art, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Mammals, Sea Ice field sketch, Greenland, narwhals Art and science. Their paths don’t always cross, but when they do the results can be absolutely stunning. And this is exactly why I am highlighting the wonderful new collaboration by scientist Kristin Laidre and artist Maria Coryell-Martin, “Imaging the Arctic. ” It is an elegant field blog based around Dr. Laidre’s fieldwork with Narwhals . . . → Read More: New field blog: Imaging the Arctic
By Dr. M, on April 16th, 2013 2 comments Abyss, Biology, Organisms, Scientist!, Sharks deep sea, Jaguar Shark, life aquatic, species, species description, Steve Zissou, taxnomy We asked Dr. Douglas J. Long, Senior Curator of Natural Sciences at the Oakland Museum of California to guest post with DSN. Please welcome him in the comments below. He holds a PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California Berkeley, where his research focused on sharks. His current fieldwork utilizes data collected through . . . → Read More: Not Quite the Shark that ate Esteban
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 When I was about 15 or 16, I went fishing with my step-brother. We weren’t really catching anything so we decided to drop a hook down to the bottom and try our luck. And then something bit. It was big. Almost much too big for the toothpick poles we were using. After much effort, we . . . → Read More: Big ugly fish eats cute little seabird.
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