We’ve talked about deep-diving seals here before. Now it appears oceanography is being outsourced to Antarctica. Grad students beware, seals are the latest species to…
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Why would a leatherback turtle dive 1000m deep?
There are a few theories about why sea turtles make occasional excursions into very deep (> 1000 m) water. These involve escape from predation, thermoregulation, and prey availability. In the first two, sharks are fewer, so turtles can evade predation and “cool off” at the same time. Like ladies tanning on a balcony.
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Deep Sea Car Wash
Angela was out documenting World Ocean Day in London last week and spotted a bit of the Deep in her neighborhood! Go check out her…
View More Deep Sea Car WashMozambique's ocean ambassadors
If you have been following the story of Andrea Marshall and the manta rays off Mozambique you may notice she responded to questions in the…
View More Mozambique's ocean ambassadorsMurder On The High Seas
Telegraph UK is running an amazing series of photos of great white attacking a seal. That’s going to leave a mark.
View More Murder On The High SeasScientist falls in love with manta rays, finds new species
When Andrea Marshall began studying the manta rays of Mozambique for her dissertation five years ago, she never expected to discover a new species, let…
View More Scientist falls in love with manta rays, finds new speciesMe and Rockhoppers… You Just Wouldn't Understand…
Thanks to Jives, frequent commenter who is embedded in the New England Aquarium, for relaying my love note to the rockhopper penguins there. I just…
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1000th Post
Dear readers, I am very excited to announce that we have exceeded 1000 posts here at Sb. This was supposed to be the 1000th post…
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