Brandon Keim has the science behind this awesome video is over at Wired Science. Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
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National Geographic on Capturing Bioluminescence on Camera
Despite the “hunting the giant squid” theme, there is some really cool footage here. some of it I haven’t seen before.
View More National Geographic on Capturing Bioluminescence on CameraIf I Was A Hagfish Could I Get With Tall Blonds?
Almost sixteen years ago, I was at phase one of Operation Convince A Tall Blond To Get With Me. For brevity, I will refer to…
View More If I Was A Hagfish Could I Get With Tall Blonds?Bizarre Love Triangle of the Giant Cuttlefish
Shark Siblingicide
Came across this in a youtube search for something unrelated (I swear distraction is built into the YT search algorithm), but it reminded me of…
View More Shark SiblingicideNew England Aquarium Subjects Fish to the Jelly Chamber of Torture
Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there…
View More New England Aquarium Subjects Fish to the Jelly Chamber of TortureThere Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid
All sperm are not the same. Among fruit flies the longer the reproductive tract of the female the longer the sperm. In tiny crustaceans called…
View More There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A SquidInvertebrate Wannabe
After reading a recent paper in the journal Coral Reefs on the ability of Harlequin filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) to masquerade as branching stony coral (abstract…
View More Invertebrate WannabeCoelacanth Swag and Cephalopod Mimicry, Sex, and Walking
One of my greatest friends ever sent my a unexpected but welcome gift in today’s mail. Yes, my love can be bought. I know…
View More Coelacanth Swag and Cephalopod Mimicry, Sex, and WalkingThe many personalities of snails and anemones
Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures-F. Scott Fitzgerald Quirky, sheepish, fun-loving, lethargic, energetic, aloof, courageous, sensitive You might invoke these words to describe…
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