I want to introduce DSN readers to my new favorite blog by Elliott Kurtz, an undergraduate student studying marine science. Panthalassa Rising provides short description…
View More Rhizocephala: A HaikuCategory: Adaptations
High Speed Suction Feeding: Bloopers Edition
The Wainwright lab at my alma mater, UC Davis, is famous for posting their high speed video of fish biomechanics, in particular jaw morphology and…
View More High Speed Suction Feeding: Bloopers EditionAnemones Fight Back Against Their Opressors
You may not realize that those unassuming slugs of the oceans, nudibranchs, are voracious predators in hiding. Sponges, corals, hydroids, bryozoans, anemones, barnacles, the Portugese…
View More Anemones Fight Back Against Their OpressorsTool Use In Fish
When I was in college, I had fish in aquarium. I repeatedly tried to train them to retrieve a beer from my dorm fridge, open…
View More Tool Use In FishTGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War Feeding
Despite being stung by one of them on a Gulf beach as a kid, Portugese Man-O-War’s are still one of my favorite organisms. Hat tip…
View More TGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War FeedingEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Squid Development
And then some in this very informative 18 minute video by PacificCoast101 on YouTube. I
View More Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Squid DevelopmentTGIF: Eel larvae
The larvae of eels and other related species are called small heads or in the fancier Greek, Leptocephalus. The video above should give you some…
View More TGIF: Eel larvaeThere’s No Such Thing as a Jellyfish
From the MBARI YouTube page: By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over…
View More There’s No Such Thing as a JellyfishKRAKEN Day: Release the Kraken!
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid By Wendy Williams Abrams Publishing, 224 pages Reviewed by David Manly for Deep Sea News:…
View More KRAKEN Day: Release the Kraken!KRAKEN Day: Defenseless Kraken Hunted by Mean Ole Sperm Whales
Get the full length video on the Whales Tohora exhibition website. Dive with a sperm whale and join the hunt for the giant squid. This…
View More KRAKEN Day: Defenseless Kraken Hunted by Mean Ole Sperm Whales