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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…

Abyss Adaptations Biology Development Ecology Evolution Habitats Intertidal Mating & Reproduction Mollusk New Research Organisms Shelf

One of the things in the title was not actually part of my latest published research, unless you count the soundtrack I played while…

Cnidaria Development Ecology Jellyfish Mating & Reproduction New Research Scientist! Weird

So, the flower hat jellyfish pretty much looks like someone painted it while tripping on acid. It doesn’t just have tentacles on the edges, no…

Biology Crustacean Development Ecology Intertidal Mating & Reproduction

For many ocean invertebrates, the first stage of life occurs as tiny larvae in the plankton. The toughness of the planktonic larval life has caused…

Biology Development Ecology Evolution Intertidal

Reader Jonathan W. wrote into DSN with this You guys are some of the most accessible in marine science, so I thought I pose this…

Biology Cnidaria Development Genetics Mating & Reproduction Pictures and Movies

Though we might not think much of the small pond Hydra, it’s got an incredible secret superpower. It spends much of its day extending its…