Adaptations

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Herring Aids

Obviously, fish do not possess the big fleshy ears. Talk about swimmer’s ear? Instead, sound transmits from the water into the fish body and to…

Adaptations Organisms

Gigantothermy: Size Matters

Peter Etnoyer April 23, 2009 Adaptations gigantothermy Jim Spotila leatherback Nova Scotia Canada sea turtle Sherman Bleakney

by Bryan Wallace for Deep Sea News When you think of cold marine environments, you probably think of blubber-wrapped seals, whales, and walruses, big, furry…

Adaptations Organisms

Deep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtles

Peter Etnoyer April 21, 2009 Bryan Wallace Canada Great Turtle Race leatherback turtle Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Canada satellite telemetry sea turtle United Kingdom

An article by Bryan Wallace for Deep Sea News. The deep-sea is as far removed from atmospheric oxygen as anyplace on Earth, but a select…

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The “Leathery Turtle”

Kevin Zelnio April 20, 2009 Best of Zelnio chemical signals Dermochelys coriacea food Great Turtle Race Hatching jellyfish Leathback Nesting Nutrition sea turtle swimming Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

This originally posted here during Megavertabrate Week in 2007. I’m reposting it here in honor of the Great Turtle Race of 2009! Good luck turtles!…

Adaptations Fish Pictures and Movies

TGIM: See-Through-Shi Fish.

Kevin Zelnio April 20, 2009 Barrel-eye Colbert Report fish

Big hat tip to Katie at DSN’s Barrel-eye fish post. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Craziest F#?king Thing I’ve Ever Heard…

Adaptations Biology Environmental Sciences Geology Microbes New Research Organisms Scientist! Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Thriving In Extreme Conditions

Dr. M April 13, 2009 anoxic brine Gulf of Mexico Metabolism methane Microbe microbial National Science Foundation noxious oil and gas origins of life primordial seep Texas A&M University University of Georgia

…takes more than a Red Bull. You got to have the right metabolic pathways. NSF highlights the work of Samantha Joye of the University of…

Adaptations Conservation & Environment Environmental Sciences Geology New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Ocean Acidification, Not Good For Living

Dr. M April 13, 2009 acid acidity atmosphere carbon cycle carbon dioxide carbonate Crab deep sea form hydrolysis mussel ocean acidification pH plankton shells Southern Ocean Volcano

Two recent papers in Nature GeoScience demonstrate the real effects of ocean acidification. For those not in know, there is an ongoing decrease in the…

Adaptations Biology Geology New Research New Species Organisms Paleobiology

100 Word Post: Hurdia victoria

Dr. M March 23, 2009 Anomalocaris Arthropoda Burgess Shale Cambrian carapace claws Crustacea evolution fossil Hurdia jaw segmentation soft parts teeth

Anomalocaris ruled the Cambrian seas but apparently so did a twenty centimenter cousin. Hurdia victoria, originally described in 1912, was known from just a jumble…

Adaptations Mating & Reproduction Organisms

Sex For Flatworms is Both Love and War

Dr. M March 19, 2009 dagger fencing flatworm love mate Mating NSFW Penis Reproduction sex sperm sword war worm

From the video, “It’s known as penis fencing, and the worms are the swordsmen” Potentially NSFW if having the word the penis said a dozen…

Adaptations Fish New Research

Dracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn’t Vant to Suck Your Blood

Kevin Zelnio March 18, 2009 Dracula Fish fish Myanmar National Geographic Natural History Museum

Not deep sea but awesome nonetheless! The Full story is National Geographic News. “Despite their ghoulish appearance, the fangs likely aren’t used for feeding. “We…