Of all bony fish, the oarfish, Regalecus glesne, is the longest. It is suggested that oarfish can reach up to 15 meters (49 feet) in…
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You want mustard with that clam?
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report put out by the Centers for Disease Control makes for fascinating reading sometimes. One came out recently that contains…
View More You want mustard with that clam?Loud Noise Makes Crabs Even More Crabby
Growing up in Arkansas, in the epicenter of Tornado Alley, a sound has coded on my psyche. When I hear this sound my breathing accelerates,…
View More Loud Noise Makes Crabs Even More CrabbySea Shepherd, Without A Doubt, Pirates
And no not in the romanticized, like to drink, and wears eyepatches kind of way. In the our activities put people’s live and ships endanger…
View More Sea Shepherd, Without A Doubt, PiratesThe Rather Interesting Michael Bailey
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View More The Rather Interesting Michael BaileyExecute order 66
In the third or, um, sixth Star Wars movie, Emperor Palpatine finally reveals himself as the evil Sith lord Darth Sidious when he orders the…
View More Execute order 66Can Beasts of the Deep Survive the Impact of Drilling for Oil?
This is Guest Post from Dr. Daniel Jones a deep-sea biologist with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom and Project Coordinator for SERPENT…
View More Can Beasts of the Deep Survive the Impact of Drilling for Oil?Satellite imagery of the rogue Canadian iron dumping experiment
News of an rogue iron-dumping experiment off British Columbia, Canada, broke in the Guardian on Monday, and was followed up by the New York Times, the…
View More Satellite imagery of the rogue Canadian iron dumping experimentHere We Go Again With Dumping Iron Into the Ocean
The Planktos Incident continues. Just when I thought it had died. Russ George, former head of the defunct Planktos, has decided to, despite the scientific…
View More Here We Go Again With Dumping Iron Into the OceanWhale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the ugly
Practically nothing was known about the biology of whale sharks up until about 15 years ago. Since that time there has been a veritable explosion…
View More Whale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the ugly