The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins
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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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Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race
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By , on April 29th, 2009 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Scientist!   , , , , , , , , , ,  

© Jean-Yves Georges – Great Turtle Race competitor “Wawa Bear” Pearl Jam’s “Backspacer” is declared the victor in the Great Turtle Race, the first leatherback sea turtle to arrive in the Caribbean Sea from foraging grounds off Nova Scotia, Canada. The largest turtle in the race, Wawa Bear (pictured), was not the first place . . . → Read More: Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race

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Deep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtles
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By , on April 21st, 2009 7 comments   Adaptations, Organisms   , , , , , , , ,  

An article by Bryan Wallace for Deep Sea News. The deep-sea is as far removed from atmospheric oxygen as anyplace on Earth, but a select few air breathers are undeterred. (No, I’m not referring to intrepid deep-sea human researchers.) These extraordinary critters frequently venture into the deep-sea, despite their vital link to air the above . . . → Read More: Deep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtles

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