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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Category: Mating & Reproduction
The Beauty of Rarity
Legend has it that Saint Patrick gave a four-leaf clover to a group of his followers; the fourth leaf put there by God to bring…
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Ribbon Eel Video Roundup
Featured image photo by Jack Follow, Blue Ribbon Eel 6, https://flic.kr/p/gXbbtG. Available by Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Because my other post today is…
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An Octopus Nursery Discovered on a Deep Underwater Mountain
Far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, three quarters of a mile deep, lies the peak of an underwater mountain. Rising 1.4 miles off…
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New Research Reveals How to Easily Grow Jellyfish In Captivity
For more updates on my research, follow along at jellybiologist.com, or on twitter @RebeccaRHelm As a scientist, I love jellyfish, and I suffer for it. Up…
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Only One of These is Ramen Noodles
Nothing says college breakfast of champions more than the salty, stale goodness of Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soup. We’ve all been there…where Ramen is life…some of…
View More Only One of These is Ramen NoodlesSo yeah ocean sunfish are ridiculous, dolphins are @#$@&, and deep-sea anglerfish are monsters
Recently a couple of interesting posts sparked some introspection on how I view, label, and discuss the denizens of the oceans. Carla Litchfield, Senior Lecturer, School…
View More So yeah ocean sunfish are ridiculous, dolphins are @#$@&, and deep-sea anglerfish are monstersReef raving revisited: 4 good reasons for fish to glow in the dark
This is a guest post form Maarten De Brauwer, a PhD candidate at Curtin University. You can find more of amazing work from Maarten on his…
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In the evolution of fishes, this is a one seahorse race*
*alternative titles include “Looking a gift seahorse (genome) in the mouth”, “My kingdom for a seahorse genome”, “Hold your seahorses“, and “The galloping evolution of…
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My What A Big Claw You Have! All the Better to Love You With.
For fiddler crab males, size is everything. Well over 60 different species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca, exist across the globe. You are probably…
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