Why send jellies to space? Well, because it’s awesome (true for anything in space), but mostly because of little crystals jellies keep in their bodies,…
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Squittle Day PSA
Here ye! Here Ye! Today marks the day in which we raise our glasses to all that is good in the world. Squid and Cuttlefish.…
View More Squittle Day PSAThe Eeyore of the Sea
The following post is authored by Catherine Chen as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. Sixty million times.…
View More The Eeyore of the Sea“Fish are friends. Not food.” What Finding Nemo Taught Me About Sharks
The following post is authored by Leo Gaskins as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. I can…
View More “Fish are friends. Not food.” What Finding Nemo Taught Me About SharksCan Animals Directly Harness Solar Energy? Apparently So…
The following post is authored by Frank Lee as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. The summer is…
View More Can Animals Directly Harness Solar Energy? Apparently So…TGIF – Tusk tusk…
…that’s a lot of scrimshaw. Video doing the rounds this week of some walruses hauled out at Point Lay Alaska. No biggie, right? Oh yeah,…
View More TGIF – Tusk tusk…Octopus Sex at Hydrothermal Vents
In the video below, deep-sea octopus expert Janet Voight with the Field Museum, discusses sex in octopods focusing on Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis. This ghostly looking octopus is…
View More Octopus Sex at Hydrothermal VentsCos you can never have too much whale shark
Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but I’ve got a reason, honest. It’s not even an excuse. See, I’ve been a bit wrapped up…
View More Cos you can never have too much whale sharkThis Deep-Sea Predator is the Love Child of a Macaron and a Snork
In the shallow waters where sunlight penetrates, life is easy because food abounds. In the deep sea, life sucks because food is scarce. In landscape…
View More This Deep-Sea Predator is the Love Child of a Macaron and a SnorkLOL Ocean Giants
As part of Sizing Ocean Giants, I asked students last week to generate LOLCat style memes for their study organisms. The Rules: It must include…
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