The moon jelly: with its eye-catching looks and mild sting it is a favorite among aquarists, a rising novelty pet, and often featured species on…
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The superhero like swimming of Manta rays
Watch the video above and you will better understand the high I am still experiencing after a week of fieldwork. I traveled to Mexico to…
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Rockfish Recompression. (because sometimes gas just happens)
Question: What’s better than famed ichthyologist Milton Love masquerading as a hand puppet in a rockfish rap video? Answer: Not much. Barotrauma can be a…
View More Rockfish Recompression. (because sometimes gas just happens)How horseshoe crabs may have saved your life
During my first year of grad school I conducted a jailbreak– a fellow grad student and I snuck into the Invertebrate Zoology lab and freed all…
View More How horseshoe crabs may have saved your lifeBreaking News: Dangerous and costly jelly washing ashore in Ireland by the thousands
Update: exactly three months after I wrote the original article below, this same species has hit yet another salmon farm in Ireland (21OCT13). It is my…
View More Breaking News: Dangerous and costly jelly washing ashore in Ireland by the thousandsTGIM – Pufferfish can sculpt, what’s your excuse?
Some things are too cool to wait until Friday for the TGIF tag. Check out this spectacular footage of male Torquigener sp. pufferfish in Japan,…
View More TGIM – Pufferfish can sculpt, what’s your excuse?TGIF: “Okeanos” – Marine Life & Modern Dance
True story: I only found out about this dance troupe because one of my collaborators sat next to the dancer who plays the octopus on…
View More TGIF: “Okeanos” – Marine Life & Modern DanceThe Deep-sea footprint of Deepwater Horizon
The title speaks for itself, but damn, look at these figures! Last week in PLoS ONE, cool kids Montagna et al. (2013) showed some rather dramatic…
View More The Deep-sea footprint of Deepwater HorizonOceanography for Everyone – The OpenCTD
The CTD is an amazing instrument that has allowed oceanographers to explore the ocean interior. By measuring only three variables: conductivity, temperature and pressure; scientists…
View More Oceanography for Everyone – The OpenCTDThe landscape of a sea urchin
I’ve long thought of echinoderms, a group that includes sea urchins, starfish, and sea cucumbers, to be among the most alien-like animals. I did not,…
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