This is some of the awesomest footage I’ve seen in a while. Wait for the backflip near the end of the clip! This is in the Sea of Cortez and narrated by David Tennant. This clip is from the BBC YouTube channel. A new program that looks spectacular called EarthFlight, which start December 29th on . . . → Read More: A Pelican’s Eye View of Leaping Devil Rays
By Kevin Zelnio, on  December 9th, 2011 Adaptations, Coral, Pictures and Movies BBC, bbc earth, BBC Oceans, coral reefs, Diving, Fluorescence, Phillipe Cousteau, red sea From BBC Earth Youtube page: Phillipe Coustaeau and the team dive in the Red Sea, one of the warmest seas in the world. Despite the warm temperatures, coral reefs flourish with their flourescent pigmentation putting on an amazing show of technicolour. Fantastic clip taken from the BBC Oceans series. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the . . . → Read More: TGIF – Underwater Fluorescent Disco
I just can’t wait until the BBC series Frozen Planet airs here in the states. Take this clip for example, which the BBC released today. It shows a “brinicle”, which is a sort of underwater icicle that forms under sea ice in winter. As the surface ice freezes, it preferentially takes up fresh water, leaving . . . → Read More: The icy colder finger of death
By Kevin Zelnio, on  November 26th, 2009 Organisms Antarctica, April 1st, BBC, McMurdo Sound, Nemertea, Nemertine, Parbolasia corrugatus, Sea Star, Seal Carcass, starfish Seriously cool footage at the BBC. Also with a nice little accompanying article that you should read. In the sequence filmed for the Life series, the invertebrates gather in a frenzy to feast on a seal carcass that has sunk to the ocean floor. So much food may only arrive in one place once in . . . → Read More: ZOMG GIANT WURMZ N SEESTARZ FEEEDING FRENZY!1!1!!!1
BBC videographers caught a giant stingray on film for the first time. The smalleye, shown in the video, is the largest of all stingrays reaching wing widths of 2m.
#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Guinness IS actually good for me! Not just a clever marketing scheme…Guinness is good for you! or Guinness for strength!… now there is . . . → Read More: Finally The Research I Have Been Waiting For
High-definition cameras shooting 600 frames reveal the inner dynamics of Monster Waves in the new BBC series South Pacific: Oceans of Islands premiering May 10 on BBC Two. The trailer above shows the first images of underwater spiralling vortices created by the wave’s action, off the coast of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands, part . . . → Read More: TGIF: Monster Wave in Super-slow Motion
By Kevin Zelnio, on  April 28th, 2009 Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government Antarctica, Arctic, Atlantic, BBC, carbon dioxide, Funding, ocean acidification, United Kingdom Way to go brits! The BBC reports: “The UK government has launched an £11m ($16m) five-year research programme into ocean acidification… The study will focus on the Atlantic, Antarctic and Arctic oceans and assess how marine ecosystems are affected. The programme, co-funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Natural . . . → Read More: UK Launches Bold Ocean Acidification Research Program
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