A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating
A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating avatar

By , on December 18th, 2011 Leave a comment   Mating & Reproduction   , , , , ,  

Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on.

Sunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic Moctopus
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By , on December 11th, 2011 Leave a comment   Cephalopods, Mating & Reproduction   , ,  

h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia.

The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins
The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins avatar

By , on July 27th, 2010 One comment   Adaptations, Ecology, Fish, Natural Disaster, New Research, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- Symphurus sp. collected from Macauley Volcano; scale is 5 cm long. Courtesy M. Clark (NIWA). The western Pacific is broken land, plates are crashing every which way creating earthquakes and volcanoes from Russian Kamchatka to New Zealand. . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins

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Sea turtles get it on, and on, and on…
Sea turtles get it on, and on, and on… avatar

By , on May 19th, 2009 9 comments   Mating & Reproduction   , , , , , ,  

Wallace J. Nichols is a sea turtle biologist and marine conservation activist affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences, Ocean Revolution, and the Sea Turtle Network, among others. J’s blog is dedicated to new beginnings and fresh ideas, especially among young people. Green turtles mating in Sipadan, Malaysia. Photo by Petter Lindgren at Flickr. There . . . → Read More: Sea turtles get it on, and on, and on…

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