Robbing Museums
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By , on May 23rd, 2012 One comment   Bringin' It, Education, Scientist!, Uncategorized   , , , , , , ,  

On May 4th a colleague of mine, Dr. Brian Sidlauskas, curator for the fish collection of Oregon State University, received this email. Respected Prdf. Brian; On most humanitarian ground, would you please be so kind to provide me 25 Preserved MYXINE /EPTATRETUS sps. ;Hag-fish; Size Range 10″-15″ ,7 Petromyzon marinus ,and 15 Sub-Adult of HYDROLAGUS colliei . . . → Read More: Robbing Museums

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No fish is an island
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By , on March 19th, 2012 10 comments   Biodiversity, Critters, Microbes, Ramblings   , , ,  

Image: Australian Museum Tongue biters have been in my inbox a few times lately.  If you’ve managed never to come across these interesting little isopods before, they are members of a wholly parasitic group called the Cymothoidae.  For regular readers of Deep Sea News, you can think about them as smaller versions of Bathynomus, which . . . → Read More: No fish is an island

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TGIF – In Your FACE!
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By , on December 2nd, 2011 6 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , ,  

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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TGIF – Fish Versus “Sargassum”
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By , on November 18th, 2011 4 comments   Adaptations, Fish   , ,  

From the always epic National Geographic youtube stream. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}From the always epic National Geographic youtube stream. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

The Deep: Home of BIG TEETH
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By , on November 1st, 2011 Leave a comment   Biodiversity, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

From the always epically entertaining MBARI Video. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}From the always epically entertaining MBARI Video. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Hello old friends
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By , on July 20th, 2011 One comment   Biodiversity, Critters, Expeditions, Life At Sea, Megavertebrate, New Research   , , , , , ,  
Come in and play!

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

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High Speed Suction Feeding: Bloopers Edition
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By , on July 20th, 2011 One comment   Adaptations, Fish, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , , , ,  

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

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Tool Use In Fish
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By , on July 10th, 2011 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Ecology, Fish, Weird   , ,  

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

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Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
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By , on April 19th, 2011 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Expeditions, Fish, Fishing, Mating & Reproduction   , , , , , , , , ,  

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’

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Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
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By , on April 17th, 2011 6 comments   Adaptations, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

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

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