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.”
Science Daily reveals the record-breaking brooding period of the deep-sea octopus:
… Read the rest “Four years an expectant mother. Eight arms to hug them.”In May 2007, during one of these surveys, the researchers discovered a female octopus clinging to a
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”
You want to learn about the hidden history of the ocean? Look within, Nature says… within the earwax of a mighty blue whale:
… Read the rest “The scientific secrets of whale earwax.”The team, led by Sascha Usenko, a environmental scientist
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.)”
“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.”
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:
… Read the rest “Slime couture.”“The tensile properties approach
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?”
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:
… Read the rest “Giant squid CLONE ARMY. Or, well, at least a tight family.”An international team of researchers
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:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Frutti di Mare, by W.F. Phillips, 1974.”…David
NBC News is wondering what’s behind the massive blooms of marine microorganisms that are killing so many manatees:
… Read the rest “So why is red tide killing our manatees?”Florida wildlife officials report that 149 of the gentle giants
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:
… Read the rest “Want a cleaner Mississippi? Put some mussel into it!”The plan
Discovery doesn’t have much to say about it other than, in essence, YES! FINALLY! WE FILMED A GIANT SQUID!
… Read the rest “Giant squid filmed at home.”Mankind finally confronts the greatest mystery of the deep as the first-ever
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”
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:
… Read the rest “Carnivorous sponges found. (As if you didn’t have enough to worry about.)”Which is where MBARI’s remotely
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