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Science Art: The Common Angler (Lophius piscatorus) (After W. Von Wright in Smitt), 1905.

10 August 2014 grant 0

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This is from the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections in the Biodiversity Library.

I bet there’s all *kinds* of things in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.… Read the rest “Science Art: The Common Angler (Lophius piscatorus) (After W. Von Wright in Smitt), 1905.”

Four years an expectant mother. Eight arms to hug them.

31 July 2014 grant 0

Science Daily reveals the record-breaking brooding period of the deep-sea octopus:

In May 2007, during one of these surveys, the researchers discovered a female octopus clinging to a

… Read the rest “Four years an expectant mother. Eight arms to hug them.”

Science Art: Holocentre à grosses épines, from Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, Volume 3, 1828

13 October 2013 grant 0

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A Holocentrus hastatum, or Sargocentron hastatus, or red soldier fish. They have big spines, you see.

This one comes from A Natural History of Fish, by Georges Cuvier and M. Valenciennes,… Read the rest “Science Art: Holocentre à grosses épines, from Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, Volume 3, 1828”

The scientific secrets of whale earwax.

17 September 2013 grant 0

You want to learn about the hidden history of the ocean? Look within, Nature says… within the earwax of a mighty blue whale:

The team, led by Sascha Usenko, a environmental scientist

… Read the rest “The scientific secrets of whale earwax.”

Science Art: Hover Whales (from Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships; and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and preserving specimens of whales and porpoises. By Frederick W. True.)

9 June 2013 grant 0

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Image originally from Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships; and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and… Read the rest “Science Art: Hover Whales (from Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships; and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and preserving specimens of whales and porpoises. By Frederick W. True.)”

Science Art: Doris, from Le Larousse Pour Tous, 1909.

12 May 2013 grant 0

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“Genre de mollusques gastropodes, renfermant des animaux nus, de touts les mers.”

A popular genre of gastropods. Also the name of a boat (a dory, I reckon) and a mythological… Read the rest “Science Art: Doris, from Le Larousse Pour Tous, 1909.”

Slime couture.

10 April 2013 grant 0

This is a few weeks old by now, but still in fashion in a gorgeously disgusting way. Science News celebrates the creation of fine fabrics using hagfish slime:

“The tensile properties approach

… Read the rest “Slime couture.”

Psychedelic sponges. Why?

28 March 2013 grant 0

Vice, of all publications, examines the strange chemistry of the first-known psychedelic sponges… trying to figure out why sponges would make something as potent as DMT anyway… Read the rest “Psychedelic sponges. Why?”

Giant squid CLONE ARMY. Or, well, at least a tight family.

20 March 2013 grant 0

BBC reveals that giant squid, no matter where they’re found or how different from each other they look, are all genetically really close to one another:

An international team of researchers

… Read the rest “Giant squid CLONE ARMY. Or, well, at least a tight family.”

Science Art: Frutti di Mare, by W.F. Phillips, 1974.

17 March 2013 grant 0

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I couldn’t resist this when I saw the name of the book it came from: Italian Food, by Elizabeth David. It’s an improbable English cookbook from the 1950s:

…David

… Read the rest “Science Art: Frutti di Mare, by W.F. Phillips, 1974.”

So why is red tide killing our manatees?

12 March 2013 grant 0

NBC News is wondering what’s behind the massive blooms of marine microorganisms that are killing so many manatees:

Florida wildlife officials report that 149 of the gentle giants

… Read the rest “So why is red tide killing our manatees?”

Want a cleaner Mississippi? Put some mussel into it!

25 January 2013 grant 0

New Scientist reveals how scientists are looking into the muddy, murky water of the Mississippi River… by getting mussels with electronic backpacks to do the hard work:

The plan

… Read the rest “Want a cleaner Mississippi? Put some mussel into it!”

Giant squid filmed at home.

11 December 2012 grant 0

Discovery doesn’t have much to say about it other than, in essence, YES! FINALLY! WE FILMED A GIANT SQUID!

Mankind finally confronts the greatest mystery of the deep as the first-ever

… Read the rest “Giant squid filmed at home.”

SONG: Complicated Man

3 December 2012 grant 0

SONG: “Complicated Man.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “New carnivorous harp sponge discovered… Read the rest “SONG: Complicated Man”

Carnivorous sponges found. (As if you didn’t have enough to worry about.)

23 November 2012 grant 1

Nature goes deep, deep into the subconscious pit of our fears… or at least the Pacific Ocean… to present the underwater answer to the Venus flytrap:

Which is where MBARI’s remotely

… Read the rest “Carnivorous sponges found. (As if you didn’t have enough to worry about.)”

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