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: Biology
Where The Wild Things Are
“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.” That’s my honest reaction after reading news of Western Australia’s plan to reduce fatal shark attacks through the…
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Whale Shark and Manta Ray Gif Roundup
Dr. Simon Pierce (@simonpierce) is a marine biologist extraordinaire focusing on whale sharks. He is the Principal Scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation and Science Coordinator of the Global Whale Shark…
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An Oceanic Ode
This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass. Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…
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The Tiny Swimming Pigs of Pig Beach
On a largely uninhabited island (a cay) in Bahamas, the chief residents are less than a two-dozen feral pigs. The island is now more lovingly…
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Pygmy Squids Females Favor Small Males and Fast Copulation
Females of some species in the wild may not be able to prevent unwanted sex with males. In many crustaceans, males forcibly mate with females…
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Squid Rocket Science
Squids not only swim, they also fly*. In fourteen different published accounts dating back to 1892, squids have been caught in the act of taking…
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3 Reasons Why You Should Invite a Greenland Shark to Thanksgiving Dinner
This is a guest post from Sizing Ocean Giants team member Leo Gaskins 1) Not the best cook? No worries, Greenland sharks won’t complain! Forgot…
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Weed of the Week: The Phycologist that Launched a Billion Dollar Industry
I love seaweed. Maybe it’s because I am from California and we are all plant loving hippies or maybe it’s because they’re the underappreciated overlords…
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Where has THIS guy been all my life?!
Simply brilliant; I dont know how I only just heard about these, they have millions of views. Check out the rest of his channel here:
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