How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…
Tongue-Eating Parasites
A nice little animation from my favorite television program, PBS’s NOVA
View More Tongue-Eating ParasitesBattle of the living instrument platforms: Elephant Seals vs Narwhals
This is OCEAN THUNDERDOME! We pit two marine mammals, the Southern Elephant Seal and the Narwhal, against each other in an epic battle for marine…
View More Battle of the living instrument platforms: Elephant Seals vs NarwhalsMysterious Mobula mass mortality
From the Italian news site La Repubblica comes this disturbing story (with 15 graphic pictures) of a mass stranding of “manta” rays on a beach…
View More Mysterious Mobula mass mortalityWhen 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before
A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. Everyone knows I despise charismatic megafauna (especially dolphins). I will…
View More When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love beforeWhy the giant squid eye?
The largest measured giant squid eye is 27 centimeters (10.63 inches), roughly the size of a large dinner plate. Whereas all giant squids don’t have…
View More Why the giant squid eye?Even corals heart fluid dynamics
I find the intersection of fluid dynamics and biology fascinating. How animals manipulate their surroundings to bring nutrients to them. And coral cilia is just…
View More Even corals heart fluid dynamicsThis Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Why is it that we seem to have moved away from celebrating images like the one above left (a big game hunter posing over a…
View More This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice ThingsCan’t Touch This
Another epic post from Alex Warneke, aka lil’ A Disposable nudibranch penises are all the rage this month thanks to a study published in the…
View More Can’t Touch ThisExaltation to Extinction for Sawfishes
At first glance, a sawfish appears otherworldly, lifted from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. One fish, two fish, blue fish, sawfish…there was a…
View More Exaltation to Extinction for SawfishesTGIF: “Journey to the Deep and Within”, modern Chinese ink paintings of the underwater realm
I was going to give you a post about sea snakes to commemorate Chinese New Year, but I decided they’re just too creepy. Go check…
View More TGIF: “Journey to the Deep and Within”, modern Chinese ink paintings of the underwater realm