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Category: Pelagic

Abyss Adaptations Biology Cnidaria Ecology Evolution Habitats Mating & Reproduction New Research Organisms Pelagic

The Ocean’s Gelantinous Christmas Tinsel

Dr. M December 11, 2013 buddingChristmascloneCnidariaColonyevo-devogenomegrowthRebecca HelmsiphonophoreStefan Siebert

The above photo is of Apolemia lanosa a type of siphonophore belonging to phylum Cnidaria that also includes corals and jellies.  It’s basically the ocean’s…

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Biology Ecology Habitats Pelagic Sharks

Whale Shark and Manta Ray Gif Roundup

Dr. M December 10, 2013 GIFmanta rayMexicoSimon Piercewhale shark

Dr. Simon Pierce (@simonpierce) is a marine biologist extraordinaire focusing on whale sharks. He is the Principal Scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation and Science Coordinator of the Global Whale Shark…

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Adaptations Biology Cephalopods Fish Habitats Mammals Mollusk Organisms Pelagic Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Sharks

An Oceanic Ode

Dr. M December 10, 2013 Blue WhaleEdgar Allen PoeHydrothermal VentNudibranchORCApoetryPycnopodiaRockfishsharksunflower sea starThe RavenVampire Squidwhale shark

This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass.  Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…

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Life At Sea Pelagic Pictures and Movies Plastic

The Majestic Plastic Bag

Alex Warneke December 3, 2013Video Plasticplastic bagsplastic pollutionvideo

Like the lovely PGP (Pacific Garbage Patch), this has just been a plastic filled week… and it’s only Tuesday! To join in on all the…

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Adaptations Biology Cephalopods Evolution Habitats Organisms Pelagic

Squid Rocket Science

Dr. M December 1, 2013 flyingjetNASAPredationpropulsionrocketsquid

Squids not only swim, they also fly*.  In fourteen different published accounts dating back to 1892, squids have been caught in the act of taking…

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Adaptations Mammals Pelagic Plankton Sharks

A whale and a whale shark walk into a bar…

Alistair Dove November 23, 2013 baleenfeedingkrilllunge feedingsillywhale sharks

A bar, somewhere in the ocean.  A whale shark sits quietly sipping a Krillians. Whale shark (quietly): <sip>  Ahh, that’s some good Euphausia right there.…

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Microbes New Research Pelagic Polar

Hipster bacteria hate the tropics (it’s too mainstream)

Holly Bik November 6, 2013 AntarcticaArcticBacteriabiodiversitydiversitygenomicshigh latitudesMicrobesmodelmodelingpolar

Terrestrial biologists have it easy (especially those that work in the tropics) – they can just book a plane ticket and wander around the forest,…

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Ecology Fish Parasites Pelagic Weird

Accidental Parasite Week continues: the Oarfish edition

Alistair Dove October 29, 2013 oarfishparasites

We didn’t mean to make this week all about parasites, honest.  It just happened that way.  Rebecca wrote a thing, and then I – being…

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Biology Ecology Parasites Pelagic Sharks Weird

I’ll see your horrifying crab barnacle and raise you a heart eel

Alistair Dove October 27, 2013 bizarreeelsmako sharksparasites

This was originally posted at alistairdove.com June 21, 2010. To see another bizarre parasitic relationship, check out Rebecca Helm’s recent piece on the marvelous world…

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Biology Fish Pelagic

Awesomely gross Oarfish Necropsy

Dr. Martini October 26, 2013 necropsyoarfishstranding

Last week, two Oarfish were found beached on the California coast. This subsequently set the internet ablaze with conspiracy theories surrounding their deaths. But the…

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