Aside from having one of the best common names around, the Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi, a type of über-blenny) has an extraordinary way of defending its territory against competitors. There’s not a lot of sarcasm used though; it’s pretty much straight-up aggression. When one male fringehead starts flapping his trap, I mean, giving him lip, . . . → Read More: TGIF – In Your FACE!
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By para_sight, on  December 2nd, 2011  6 comments  Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies  blennies, fish, Sir David Attenborough From the always epic National Geographic youtube stream. From the always epic National Geographic youtube stream. By Kevin Zelnio, on November 1st, 2011 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Anoplogaster cornuta, Aristostomias scintillans, Chaenophryne, Chauliodus macouni, deep sea, Fangtooth, fish, Longfin dragonfish, MBARI, Shiny loosejaw, Tactostoma macropus, teeth, Viperfish From the always epically entertaining MBARI Video. From the always epically entertaining MBARI Video. By para_sight, on July 20th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Critters, Expeditions, Life At Sea, Megavertebrate, New Research ECOCEAN, fish, Georgia Aquarium, Project Domino, sharks, tuna, whale sharks 
So here we are in Mexico for the first of two Georgia Aquarium research trips this summer. This is the logistically simpler of the two, for exciting reasons I am not yet at liberty to discuss. On this one we are focusing on photo ID as part of the ECOCEAN project. Yesterday was our first . . . → Read More: Hello old friends
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 20th, 2011 One comment Adaptations, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies feeding, fish, High Speed Video, jaw, UC Davis, Wainwright Lab The Wainwright lab at my alma mater, UC Davis, is famous for posting their high speed video of fish biomechanics, in particular jaw morphology and function. This involves a lot of filming of how fishes feed. The lab put together a brilliant reel of outtakes from these sessions. I LOL’d, I cried… From their youtube . . . → Read More: High Speed Suction Feeding: Bloopers Edition
By Dr. M, on July 10th, 2011 Leave a comment Adaptations, Biodiversity, Ecology, Fish, Weird fish, reef, tool use Photo credit: Scott Gardner When I was in college, I had fish in aquarium. I repeatedly tried to train them to retrieve a beer from my dorm fridge, open the bottle with an opener, and hand fin it to me. Sadly after several hours of me miming instructions and elaborate PVC piping spanning between the aquarium, . . . → Read More: Tool Use In Fish
By Archie Teuthis, on April 19th, 2011 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Expeditions, Fish, Fishing, Mating & Reproduction Atlantic, Belize, Caribbean, Eric Heupel, Field Work, fish, Invasion, Invasive Species, Lionfish, Scientist In Residence Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used to part of The Other 95% team along with me before we closed shop. You can find Eric tweeting as @eclecticechoes. —————————————————- Hey folks, Kevin asked me to do . . . → Read More: Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 17th, 2011 5 comments Adaptations, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Adrian Glover, Best of Zelnio, bone, Bone Worm, Colonization, Craig Smith, deep sea, dwarf male, fish, Greg Rouse, Habitat, Life History, lipid, Monterey Canyon, Nutrition, Osedax, Robert Vrijenhoek, Whale Fall We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago and much work on their reproduction, evolution and ecology has yielded incredible insights into a unique and bizarre way of life! Early on, Osedax was only found on whale bones . . . → Read More: Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
Deep sea fish take ugliness to new level, says Niwa Shame…shame…shame to ever thought that calling deep-sea fish ugly was a compelling way spin the narrative about the great fish biodiversity of the depths. You know what? I don’t think they are ugly at all. In fact, deep-sea fish are bad ass. You know what . . . → Read More: Worst Headline Ever?
By Dr. M, on July 11th, 2010 5 comments Adaptations, Fish, Life Science, Mating & Reproduction, New Research adaptation, behaviour, fish, Mexico, molly, moustache, Poeciliidae, sexual selection, trait From Schlupp, I., Riesch, R., Tobler, M., Plath, M., Parzefall, J., & Schartl, M. (2010) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Straight men let’s face it. We will do anything if we think females will find it attractive. No matter how ludicrous, expensive, or time-consuming it may be, we will do it. The rise of mullets . . . → Read More: 70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them
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