Undersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co.
Undersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co. avatar

By , on December 27th, 2012 2 comments   Gadgets & Gear, Reviews   , , , , , , , ,  

If any readers out there want to spoil the ladies of DSN with some diamonds, we will gladly accept any of these lovely pieces from Tiffany & Co. (my favourite shop, of course). I just stumbled upon this fabulous collection designed by Jean Schlumberger, who presents a delicious array of jeweled ocean creatures. For a . . . → Read More: Undersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co.

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Happy Father’s Day!
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By , on June 20th, 2010 3 comments   Adaptations, Fish, Organisms   , , ,  

Happy Father’s day to all our daddy-readers. Here is a new clip National Geographic on the rare, endangered Knysha seahorse, one of Earth’s great fathers. Hopefully you are spending the day having a great time hanging out your kids. Though I am the only father on the DSN team, we consider Dr. M our blogfather, . . . → Read More: Happy Father’s Day!

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The Dark Side of Male Pregnancy
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By , on March 19th, 2010 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Fish, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Pictures and Movies   , , , , , ,  

Nicely narrated by Henry Gee! See the paper here: Paczolt KA, Jones AG (2010) Post-copulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in the evolution of male pregnancy. Nature 464:401-404. doi:10.1038/nature08861

We Will Miss You Peter!
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By , on August 16th, 2009 2 comments   Scientist!   , , , , , , , , , ,  

Seahorses: nice backdrops for octocorals
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By , on February 12th, 2009 4 comments   Coral, Organisms, Reviews   , , , , , , , ,  

Satomi's pygmy seahorse, one of the world's smallest seahorses. It’s going to be much easier to convince people Sea Fans are Super Cool now that National Geographic photographers trained their lens on new species of pygmy sea horses from Indonesia and the Red Sea. Headlines are saying the pygmy wonder horses are endemic (hello) to . . . → Read More: Seahorses: nice backdrops for octocorals

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