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…
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Category: Biology
Feces Friday: Marine Edition
Here’s your recap of the top excretion-related news in the past few weeks, and what it means to our ocean world: Mo’ Whales, Mo’ Poop,…
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That looks terrible on you Dolphin- take it off!
I hate all the stuff growing on whales. It’s just one of those weird personal tics. All those barnacles look annoying and itchy and the whole…
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Inked.
From ancient polynesians to seafaring sailors, tattoos in their various fashions have adorned the derma canvas for centuries. Used to represent tribal ranks, voyages to distant lands and conquests,…
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Jellyfish Journalism Fail
On May 9th of 2012, I wrote about a video going viral of an odd creature in the deep sea. The running hypothesis among online communities…
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The all seeing, all knowing, eye of upside down barnacles
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…
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What ate a 3 meter long Great White? Probably a Wereshark
Recently a 2003 video went viral on the internet. The video is a story of a 3 meter Great White Shark that was tagged. That electronic…
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A Research Cruise in 12 Animated Gifs
Hey everyone I went out on a research cruise in the Bering Sea! We threw a lot of expensive shit in the ocean. Starting with this…
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The Biological Pump: A short film in construction paper
In the sixth grade, we had weekly assignments that were supposed to be a mixture of arts and crafts and scholarly study. Two of my good…
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This animal can be torn apart, and will come back together again
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…
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