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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Forget 5 o’clock…
“Come to Mexico…” muttered Craig, droplets of sweat lining up to swan-dive off the tip of his nose like nervous kids at the diving platform,…
View More Forget 5 o’clock…The moon jelly’s shocking family secret
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…
View More The moon jelly’s shocking family secretThe superhero like swimming of Manta rays
Watch the video above and you will better understand the high I am still experiencing after a week of fieldwork. I traveled to Mexico to…
View More The superhero like swimming of Manta raysBreaking News: Dangerous and costly jelly washing ashore in Ireland by the thousands
Update: exactly three months after I wrote the original article below, this same species has hit yet another salmon farm in Ireland (21OCT13). It is my…
View More Breaking News: Dangerous and costly jelly washing ashore in Ireland by the thousandsThe Real Shark Week: Diving in with oceanic whitetips
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week kicked off with a *fake* documentary about sharks, and under normal circumstances this would sink me into a big blue pit of bummer.…
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Fishes of Instagram #throwbackthurday
Have some of your own to add? Drop us a line below. Sources: Wikimedia Commons, Ron McPeak, Judi333, Trine Galloway, East Bay Express, Shutterstock
View More Fishes of Instagram #throwbackthurdayHuman-sized mystery blob found off the coast of Cuba
On June 20th I received an email: a huge pink blob has been found off the coast of Cuba, and no one can figure out…
View More Human-sized mystery blob found off the coast of CubaEvolving to dive deep
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a…
View More Evolving to dive deepTGIF – Magical Quintana Roo
Every year, the world’s largest fish gathers to feed (and feed, and FEED) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in eastern Yucatan, in numbers larger…
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