Recently a friend brought to my attention that the Internet was losing its collective mind over “sea bunnies”. Googling, “sea bunny” I found articles at International Business Times,…
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This squid won’t stop staring at you
Stop it. Stop staring at me Taonius sp. All the other squids that MBARI featured during Cephalopod week are either cute, athletic, or named after…
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My love of snail shells did not begin at a young age. This is not a story of a 6-year old boy discovering his first…
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The Deep-Sea Coral That Is Older and More Awesome Than David Caruso
From the deep flanks of the atolls and islands of the tropical Pacific, live corals as old as Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza. At…
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The real Alien vs. Predator is occurring right now in Antarctic waters
In the freezing and dark waters of the Antarctic, two marine species are pitted against each other in a battle of survival. Each of the…
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Six reasons the blanket octopus is my new favorite cephalopod
When I first saw a picture of the blanket octopus I did a double take. I’d never heard of a blanket octopus before, which is surprising given…
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All Walrus. All the time.
It’s Friday and who doesn’t need a little more Walrus in their lives? I certainly do. Streaming live 24-7 from Round Island, Alaska (in the aptly…
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Malacology Monthly: Cephalopod Compendium
Even if you don’t care much for marine invertebrates, you gotta love Cephalopods. Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, they have the stylish panache and quirky evolutionary…
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The awkward state of penguin molting
This oddly plumaged penguin appeared in my Antarctic & Arctic Data Consortium 2015 calendar (yes, I have a data calendar) and I needed to know…why on…
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These are a few of my favorite species: Paulasterias mcclaini “McClain’s 6-armed fleshy star”
Today is a very exciting day. Indeed, today is one of the best days ever! The next step in my evil science plans for total…
View More These are a few of my favorite species: Paulasterias mcclaini “McClain’s 6-armed fleshy star”