Organisms

Crustacean Evolution Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Deep-Sea Barnacle Genomics. Because, #DarwinDay

When Darwin got down and dirty with his work on Barnacles (1846-1854), everyone still assumed there was no life at all in the deep sea.…

Adaptations Biology Development Evolution Mammals

Do baby dolphins hear their parents?

Dr. M February 7, 2016 Anatomy development dolphins hearing

Yes, according to a recent study by Lancaster and colleagues. Many marine mammals are precocial in that the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment…

Cephalopods Mating & Reproduction Paleobiology

The Odd Nautilus Organs Named After People

Dr. M January 23, 2016 Anatomy Nautilus organs Reproduction sex

Inside a Nautilus are the normal organs—the caecum, the stomach, the crop, the nidamental gland, etc.—with normal names and known functions. However, my favorites, yes…

Conservation & Environment Currents Dumping Environmental Sciences Gadgets & Gear Pelagic Plankton Plastic

Where is the best place to put your ocean cleanup device? Not where currently proposed.

Dr. Martini January 20, 2016 computer model microplastic The ocean cleanup

You might think that to clean up the problem of plastic in the ocean, you should place your cleanup device where there is the most…

Coral Reef Fish Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Subway Car Artificial Reefs!

Holly Bik January 15, 2016 artificial reef Atlantic Ocean Delaware mackerel sea bass subway car tuna

A sunken city of NYC subway cars lives off the coast of Delaware – yep, you read that right. They were sunk there on purpose,…

Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Organisms Sponge Bitches!

The real-life cousins of SpongeBob

Dr. M January 13, 2016 Porifera sponge spongebob

The beloved animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants, is the wonderful creation of animator Stephen Hillenburg. What you may not know is that Hillenburg is a marine…

Cephalopods Pelagic

New Video of Giant Squid Surfaces

Dr. M December 29, 2015 Architeuthis Giant Squid Japan Temperature Toyoma Bay

Video of a very large squid swimming near a dock made the rounds last week across many social media streams. The squid is actually an Architeuthis, aka the…

Abyss Adaptations Coral Reef Ecology Evolution Fishing Intertidal Mollusk Paleobiology Parasites Shelf Weird

Malacology Monthly: Going Deep

Douglas Long December 28, 2015 conchology deep ocean deep sea evolution Gastropod Invertebrate invertebrate paleontology malacology marine biology marine ecology mollusk shell shells seashells Snail

Sub-Neritic Gentrification For November we will be doing some deep thinking about deep-sea mollusks in an attempt to understand the complex history and adaptations of…

Abyss Adaptations Evolution Fish Life of Science New Species Open Access Organisms Pelagic Scientist! Sharks Uncategorized Weird

Ninja Lanternshark: the New Shark Species You Will Never See Coming

Douglas Long December 25, 2015 deep sea elasmobranch ichthyology lanternsharks marine biology Ninja Lanternshark shark

You will never see the Ninja Lanternshark coming, not because it’s dark and elusive, but because you won’t be swimming below 1,000 feet deep off…

Art Biology Cephalopods Conservation & Environment Echinoderms Favorite Species Organisms Pictures and Movies Special

The See Life Collection

Alex Warneke December 15, 2015 Art Cabrillo NPS See Life

Shameless Self-promotion Alert: This article was written on a recent exhibit I put together for the National Park Service. Though this collection spans both the…

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