The carrier shells of the family Xenophoridae are the most remarkable bunch of snails. Both their common name and their Latin name give away their…
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We 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 oceanInterview with the Vampire Blennies
This is our second guest post from ichthyologist, tech diver and all-round good guy Dr. Luiz Rocha at the California Academy of Sciences. You should…
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Species: Spotted Porcupine Fish
As scientific mariners, we spend an inordinate amount of shore time on sleezy docks and seedy piers around the world, from the gritty shipyards of…
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These are a few of my favorite species: Painted Frogfish
Leaving alone on the seafloor is the lonely painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus. Males and females only come together for the dirty deed but quickly become intolerant of each…
View More These are a few of my favorite species: Painted FrogfishMale, female, or both? When it comes to sex, fishes do it all!
This is a guest blog from Luiz Rocha, curator of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences. Luiz gets to do some amazing work documenting…
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What the "Call of the Reef" is Telling Us
Coral reefs are in crisis. They are fragile. They are complex. And they are disappearing faster than we are able to understand them. This threat…
View More What the "Call of the Reef" is Telling UsA Narrative of Coral-Dwelling Barnacles With the Aid of Internet Memes
Not everything on a coral is actually a coral. Embedded into the hard coral’s surfaces are nearly 100 species of specialized barnacles—the Pyrgomatidae. New work…
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The Atlantic Sun is a potential environmental disaster
EDITOR’S UPDATE 7/24/14: The Atlantic Sun weighed anchor and left the Biosphere Reserve under its own power on 7/23/14 Thank you to all our readers…
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Mantas to Reef Fishes: I Drink Your Miltshake
Manta Rays are nature’s spawn vacuums. Aided by new technologies and teams of overworked graduate students and unpaid interns, and prodded by the dismal decline…
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