The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) lives in the deep ocean, home to the largest ecosystems on our planet. A “living fossil,” this animal has remained…
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Deep-Water Origin of Freshwater Eels
Larval eel jaw diversity from Michael Miller 2009 ASMB 2(4): 1-94. There are all sort of eels in this world. Big ones, small ones, gulper…
View More Deep-Water Origin of Freshwater EelsGiant Squid in an Aquarium
Steve O’Shea’s end game is to rear a giant squid in an aquarium. Step 1, try something easier first. He is rearing broad squid, Sepioteuthis australis,…
View More Giant Squid in an AquariumMad Taxonomic Skillz Contest II – What Vent Worm Am I?
Clearly, last week’s Cephalopod Beak ID Contest was too easy! So This week’s contest is going to be a little harder. I’m testing you guys…
View More Mad Taxonomic Skillz Contest II – What Vent Worm Am I?TGIF: Coral Morphologic
Via Boing Boing, I’ve discovered a new place to go for eye candy. Morphologic is a scientific art endeavor led by marine biologist Colin Foord…
View More TGIF: Coral MorphologicRadio In Vivo with Dr. M
Craig was recently interviewed for Radio In Vivo, a Science in the Triangle radio program. It was s nice discussion of his research in deep…
View More Radio In Vivo with Dr. MDispatches from Antarctica – Everything is Big in Andvord Bay
David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…
View More Dispatches from Antarctica – Everything is Big in Andvord BayOctopus Just Trying to Catch Some Zzz’s
So here I was, just minding my own business under this rock-type thing and some freakish looking thing from Poseidon-knows-where started kicking up dirt and…
View More Octopus Just Trying to Catch Some Zzz’sSea slugs have self esteem, too
Twitter was all aflutter yesterday over a foul slandering of the sea slug Glaucus atlanticus. The culprit was an Australian article discussing these sea slugs…
View More Sea slugs have self esteem, tooThe Cephalopod Beak Guide Contest
Due to popular demand and a limited run the authors of the Cephalopod Beak Guide for the Southern Ocean have their book freely available for…
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