January 2014 Archives

Conservation & Environment Fishing Industry & Government Opinion & Editorial Pelagic Sharks

Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China

Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…

Environmental Sciences

First results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coast

Dr. Martini January 28, 2014 Fukushima ourradioactiveoceans Radiation radioactivity

Just two weeks ago, Ken Buesseler at WHOI launched a brilliant crowdfunded campaign “Our Radioactive Ocean” to measure radiation off the West Coast of the US.…

Genetics

Coral reefs, let's unzip your genes.

Holly Bik January 28, 2014Image Acropora adaptation climate change Coral gene expression ocean acidification transcriptome

How will coral reefs respond to climate change? Well, let’s start with an analogy. Suppose you pick an arbitrary time of day, choose a random…

Biology Cnidaria Education Gadgets & Gear New Research

Creation of the world’s first Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

RR Helm January 27, 2014

Ladies and gentlemen, I could not make this up if I tried. I owe my thanks to Wyatt Patry for sharing this study with me,…

Adaptations Biology Evolution Fish Mating & Reproduction Organisms

A New Parasitic Male Found

Dr. M January 26, 2014 anglerfish Parasite

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed–Abraham Lincoln Over 300 different species of anglerfish…

Biology Conservation & Environment Crustacean Fish Habitats Mammals Organisms Pelagic Uncategorized

The question you should have asked about Fukushima, but probably didn’t.

Alex Warneke January 23, 2014 Fukushima Fukushima Daiichi pollutants radioactivity

The 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear fiasco was a disaster that is still affecting Japan. But it also raised an onslaught of questions about the potential…