A species of jelly, Turritopsis dohrnii, is able to cheat death, curling into a ball (signaling the end for most species), only to grow from its own shriveled remains…
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The masters of bling, carrier snails
Readers of DSN may think they know my favorite organism. Did you guess the giant isopod or did you guess the giant squid? Those beasties…
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The side effects NOT on the label
The intertidal can be a pretty rough place to call home. You have to deal with what seems like a whole web of trophic levels…
View More The side effects NOT on the labelHuman-sized mystery blob found off the coast of Cuba
On June 20th I received an email: a huge pink blob has been found off the coast of Cuba, and no one can figure out…
View More Human-sized mystery blob found off the coast of CubaEvolving to dive deep
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a…
View More Evolving to dive deepTGIF – Magical Quintana Roo
Every year, the world’s largest fish gathers to feed (and feed, and FEED) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in eastern Yucatan, in numbers larger…
View More TGIF – Magical Quintana RooThe Origins of Hairy Crabs
Everyone’s favorite crabs are back in the news! Yeti Crabs! Those deep-sea beasties with hairy claws or chests! A new paper in Proceedings B led…
View More The Origins of Hairy CrabsAll hail! Bacteria that control their squid overlords
Squid typically aren’t my thing, but I can certainly be wooed by their microbes. Example: the very awesome symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid,…
View More All hail! Bacteria that control their squid overlordsVideo of an Oarfish in the Wild
Of all bony fish, the oarfish, Regalecus glesne, is the longest. It is suggested that oarfish can reach up to 15 meters (49 feet) in…
View More Video of an Oarfish in the WildAn overfishing story told by bird collagen
Meet The Hawaiian Petrel (or ʻUaʻu or Pterodroma sandwichensis) a bird species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands but with an appetite causing it to dine on…
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