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The Most Boring Squid on Earth?

Much speculation occurs among biologists about the uses for all those arms and tentacles in squids. Eight arms and two tentacles seem like appendage overkill. …

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The moon jelly’s shocking family secret

RR Helm August 29, 2013

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 Deep-sea footprint of Deepwater Horizon

Holly Bik August 14, 2013 BP copepods Deepwater Horizon environmental monitoring Gulf of Mexico Macrofauna meiofuana nematodes Oil Spill pollution

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…

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CSI Deep Sea: Genomic Edition

Holly Bik July 23, 2013 ancient DNA forams microfossils radiolarians sediments sunglasses

This case is short but sweet. The fossil record is what we scientists have always used to reconstruct past conditions in the ocean. Like any…

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How much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun information

Dr. M July 17, 2013 allometry birds body size energy feeding Hong Kong Kaiju lizards mammals Metabolism Pacific Rim

The response to the Kaiju post has been amazing and of course everyone has suggested alterations to the calculations. For background, biologists know that much…

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How may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?

Dr. M July 15, 2013 Blue Whale body size calories energy feeding Godzilla Hong Kong Kaiju Komodo Dragon lizards Metabolism Pacific Rim predator prey robots Ron Perlman Sea monster

Warning this may contain spoilers The short answer is not as many as you think. I spent Saturday watching Pacific Rim. The movie has everything…

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For World Oceans Day: the Deepsea Challenger

Alistair Dove June 8, 2013 Deepsea Challenge Georgia Aquarium James Cameron submersible WHOI

Happy World Oceans Day folks! The theme for this years WOD is “We all have the power to protect the oceans” and there are events…

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Flesh Eating Sponges?

Dr. M May 28, 2013 abyss carnivores Chondrocladia Cladorhizidae Porifera sponge taxonomy

Most sponges, inspiration for dish cleaners and mess absorbers, feed by filtering water through those many holes and channels. Their scientific name, Porifera, literally means…

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Not Quite the Shark that ate Esteban

Douglas Long April 16, 2013 deep sea Jaguar Shark life aquatic species species description Steve Zissou taxnomy

It’s part of the deal that if you describe a new species, you get to give it a scientific name. That’s one of the perks…

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