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Expeditions Life At Sea New Research Organisms

Hello old friends

So here we are in Mexico for the first of two Georgia Aquarium research trips this summer. This is the logistically simpler of the two,…

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High Speed Suction Feeding: Bloopers Edition

Kevin Zelnio July 20, 2011 feeding fish High Speed Video jaw UC Davis Wainwright Lab

The Wainwright lab at my alma mater, UC Davis, is famous for posting their high speed video of fish biomechanics, in particular jaw morphology and…

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Tool Use In Fish

Dr. M July 10, 2011 fish reef tool use

When I was in college, I had fish in aquarium. I repeatedly tried to train them to retrieve a beer from my dorm fridge, open…

Conservation & Environment Ecology Expeditions Fish Fishing Mating & Reproduction

Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’

Archie Teuthis April 19, 2011 Atlantic Belize Caribbean Eric Heupel Field Work fish Invasion Invasive Species Lionfish Scientist In Residence

Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…

Adaptations Ecology Mating & Reproduction New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales

Kevin Zelnio April 17, 2011 Adrian Glover Best of Zelnio bone Bone Worm Colonization Craig Smith deep sea dwarf male fish Greg Rouse Habitat Life History lipid Monterey Canyon Nutrition Osedax Robert Vrijenhoek Whale Fall

We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago…

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Worst Headline Ever?

Dr. M October 26, 2010 fish press

Deep sea fish take ugliness to new level, says Niwa Shame…shame…shame to ever thought that calling deep-sea fish ugly was a compelling way spin the…

Adaptations Biology Fish Mating & Reproduction New Research

70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them

Dr. M July 11, 2010 adaptation behaviour fish Mexico molly moustache Poeciliidae sexual selection trait

Straight men let’s face it. We will do anything if we think females will find it attractive. No matter how ludicrous, expensive, or time-consuming it…

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ResearchBlogCast #4: Decreasing Predator Size Increases Prey Numbers

Kevin Zelnio April 26, 2010 body size fish research blogging researchblogcast Trophic Ecology

Each week Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I discuss a recent paper from ResearchBlogging.org. This week was my turn to choose and we discussed the…

Adaptations Fish Mating & Reproduction New Research Open Access Organisms

Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets

Dr. M February 28, 2010 anglerfish batfish deep sea fish goosefish lure Monkfish Parasite parasitic males

My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to…

Fish Organisms Pictures and Movies

Deepest Fish On Film

Dr. M November 15, 2009 Baited Camera Traps deep fish food fall lander Pacific snailfish Trench

In 2008 we reported on the 7700 meter record for filming fish, video above, Using a remote lander, a group filmed Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a deep-water snailfish, found…