Mammals

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The question you should have asked about Fukushima, but probably didn’t.

The 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear fiasco was a disaster that is still affecting Japan. But it also raised an onslaught of questions about the potential…

Adaptations Biology Cephalopods Fish Habitats Mammals Mollusk Organisms Pelagic Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Sharks

An Oceanic Ode

Dr. M December 10, 2013 Blue Whale Edgar Allen Poe Hydrothermal Vent Nudibranch ORCA poetry Pycnopodia Rockfish shark sunflower sea star The Raven Vampire Squid whale shark

This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass. Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…

Biology Evolution Mammals Mating & Reproduction Organisms

The Tiny Swimming Pigs of Pig Beach

Dr. M December 9, 2013 bacon Bahama pig swimming pig

On a largely uninhabited island (a cay) in Bahamas, the chief residents are less than a two-dozen feral pigs. The island is now more lovingly…

Conservation & Environment Mammals

Dolphins are trying to tell us something

Alistair Dove December 1, 2013 disease dolphins stranding

Deep Sea News folks aren’t exactly famous for their love of dolphins (if you haven’t read Dr. M.’s “10 reasons why dolphins are a**holes“, well,…

Adaptations Mammals Pelagic Plankton Sharks

A whale and a whale shark walk into a bar…

Alistair Dove November 23, 2013 baleen feeding krill lunge feeding silly whale sharks

A bar, somewhere in the ocean. A whale shark sits quietly sipping a Krillians. Whale shark (quietly): <sip> Ahh, that’s some good Euphausia right there.…

Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Mammals Mating & Reproduction Organisms

6 Reasons to Supersize

Dr. M October 11, 2013

The following post is authored by Caroline Schanche as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. For those who…

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TGIF – Tusk tusk…

Alistair Dove October 4, 2013 Aggregation Alaska climate change Walrus

…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,…

Biology Ecology Evolution Mammals Organisms Pelagic

How the Whale Got His Throat and Other Musings by a Nubbly Human

Dr. M September 25, 2013 baleen Kipling krill sizing ocean giants tanning whales

The following post is authored by Catharine Chen as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. Adapted from Just…

Biology Mammals Organisms

Breaking Baleen: If Walter While was Willy the Whale

Holly Bik July 31, 2013 blue whales Breaking Bad Cancer hypertumors Peto's Paradox

Ever since I first saw Breaking Bad, I’ve been kind of obsessed with Cancer and Crystal Meth. (Legal Disclaimer: only the chemistry of Crystal Meth,…

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How much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun information

Dr. M July 17, 2013 allometry birds body size energy feeding Hong Kong Kaiju lizards mammals Metabolism Pacific Rim

The response to the Kaiju post has been amazing and of course everyone has suggested alterations to the calculations. For background, biologists know that much…