Even if you don’t care much for marine invertebrates, you gotta love Cephalopods. Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, they have the stylish panache and quirky evolutionary…
View More Malacology Monthly: Cephalopod CompendiumCategory: Adaptations
So what do you call a group of cuttlefish?
Octopuses are generally loners. Squids often form schools. But cuttlefish (or seacuttles if you will)…they outright just don’t get along with one another. In the…
View More So what do you call a group of cuttlefish?These Are A Few of My Favorite Species: Mandarinfish
Coral reefs are synonymous with colorful fish, but in a world teeming with Technicolor extravagance, few fish can rival the psychedelic spectacle of the Mandarinfish.…
View More These Are A Few of My Favorite Species: MandarinfishMalacology Monday
You already know that Deep Sea News provides expert reporting, in-depth analysis, first-person research, and sarcastic mockery of contemporary topics relevant to our ocean world.…
View More Malacology MondayThese are a few of my favorite species: The magnificent and very large sponge Monorhaphis chuni
Within the glass sponges (Hexactinellids), so called because of scaffolds of silica spicules they form, resides a family of sponges, the Monorhaphididae. Family here is…
View More These are a few of my favorite species: The magnificent and very large sponge Monorhaphis chuniAll Female Bone-Devouring Worms Fancy Dwarf Males, Except One
Our guest post is by Dr. Marah Hardt, a marine scientist and storyteller working to build a sustainable future for people and the sea. She is…
View More All Female Bone-Devouring Worms Fancy Dwarf Males, Except OneThe Disappointing Reality of Musical Fish
Fanciful common names of fishes suggest there may be an orchestra in the sea, but this is yet another way the underwater world lets us…
View More The Disappointing Reality of Musical FishWe don't know the ocean
This is not the ocean: This is not the ocean: Indeed, even THIS is not the ocean: Before you start thinking that the folks at…
View More We don't know the oceanThe rainbow-covered animal with a dark side
Watching animals eat is like my biology crack. I don’t need it, I don’t have to do it, I don’t even always like it, but…
View More The rainbow-covered animal with a dark sideThese are a few of my favorite species: The Torpedo Ray
“Shields up! Phasers set to kill! Engage!” If the Pacific Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) had an inner dialogue whilst stalking delicious fishy snacks, I could imagine it…
View More These are a few of my favorite species: The Torpedo Ray