In the video above taken in False Bay, South Africa, a octopus simultaneously holds a shark at bay with one arm while simultaneously wrestling three…
View More Octopus Steals Food and Casually Wrestles SharkCategory: Organisms
Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!
Starting around 540 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion many animal phyla, including the freshest of them all—bivalves, came into existence. Within ~100 million…
View More Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!Ever seen a manta ray’s bellybutton?
In a remarkable turnaround, Craig directed me to a very cool new study about manta rays (next thing you know I’ll be sending HIM papers…
View More Ever seen a manta ray’s bellybutton?TGIF – City of Gonads
This Friday comes the news that a new jellyfish has been named “City of gonads”. You can’t make this stuff up, except that somebody just…
View More TGIF – City of GonadsGiant Pacific Octopus!
The largest octopus is the Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini. According to data from a 1987 Masters Thesis from J.A. Cosgrove, the Pacific Giant Ocotopus can…
View More Giant Pacific Octopus!Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear Seamount
I’m delighted to present this guest post from Dr. Michelle Staudinger, a post-doc at the University of Missouri Columbia and stationed at the National Climate Change…
View More Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear SeamountThe Great Recession of the Deep Oceans
If energy is the currency of life then deep-sea organisms are in a long-term recession. Energy comes in three major forms important for life: solar…
View More The Great Recession of the Deep OceansKalloo Kallay, It’s International Whale Shark Day!
Yes, August 30 is officially International Whale Shark Day, so declared after the 2nd WS Symposium in Mexico a few years back. There’s been a…
View More Kalloo Kallay, It’s International Whale Shark Day!My Marine Biology Bucket List
You might remember Al’s post on his Marine Biology Bucket List. There are so many amazing aquatic species out there, it’s practically impossible for…
View More My Marine Biology Bucket ListInsane In the Chromatophores
Two of my favorite things, Cypress Hill and Squids, together at last. During experiments on the axons of the Woods Hole squid (Loligo pealei), we…
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