Science Art: World’s Weirdest: Seagulls Help Sunfish, National Geographic.
Nothing about sunfish is as striking as watching them move.
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Whale speaks human.
Nature listens to the strange tale of the beluga that sang like a human:
… Read the rest “Whale speaks human.”“Who told me to get out?” asked a diver, surfacing from a tank in which a whale named NOC lived. The beluga’s caretakers
The Force is strong in this worm.
Thrilled, Guardian is to introduce to its readers a new submarine species they’re calling the Jedi acorn worm:
… Read the rest “The Force is strong in this worm.”Yoda purpurata is one of three new species of deep-sea acorn worms discovered
Half the Great Barrier Reef is gone.
And, says the Sydney Morning Herald, more than three-quarters of the reef will have vanished within a decade:
… Read the rest “Half the Great Barrier Reef is gone.”A long-term investigation of the reef by scientists at Townsville’s
They built a living jellyfish out of a rat’s heart.
Nature voyages to the Island of Dr. Moreau… or at least in the same region… to speak with a scientist who enthusiastically made a living jellyfish out of a rat’s heart… Read the rest “They built a living jellyfish out of a rat’s heart.”
Three-hour sex sessions exhaust squid.
I can do no better than that LiveScience headline. Why is it so many of the most fascinating cephalopod research stories are about their multi-limbed reproductive excesses?:
… Read the rest “Three-hour sex sessions exhaust squid.”Dumpling
Science Art: Mysis2kils: Mysis Zooplankton by Uwe Kils.
Dark field microscopy is the art of using indirect light to illuminate specimens under your microscope lens; because the light is indirect, it doesn’t shine into the microscope,… Read the rest “Science Art: Mysis2kils: Mysis Zooplankton by Uwe Kils.”
Science Art: Plate II, Mitchill’s Fishes of New-York, by Alexander Anderson, 1815.
Alexander Anderson, medical doctor and illustrator, is remembered as America’s first wood engraver. He helped Samuel Mitchill explain what that was wriggling on the end of the … Read the rest “Science Art: Plate II, Mitchill’s Fishes of New-York, by Alexander Anderson, 1815.”
Squid muscle is the new black (and red and green and blue….)
Wired takes a leap into the cephashionable world of cephalopod textiles to give a sneak peak at next season’s color-changing squid-muscle shirts:
… Read the rest “Squid muscle is the new black (and red and green and blue….)”“We have taken inspiration
Armor-plated plankton getting weaker. And so is the planet.
The world’s future supply of chalk is threatened by global warming. That’s what I take away from this LiveScience report on how the souring of the ocean is weakening plankton… Read the rest “Armor-plated plankton getting weaker. And so is the planet.”
Something is killing lots of dolphins in the Gulf.
Discovery News says the 714 reported dolphin deaths are just the tip of a much larger iceberg:
… Read the rest “Something is killing lots of dolphins in the Gulf.”NOAA declared the die-off an “Unusual Mortality Event” as per the Marine Mammal Protection
Dolphins are people too.
Or so the Belfast Telegraph says, with a report on scientists devising a document outlining dolphin rights:
… Read the rest “Dolphins are people too.”A small group of experts in philosophy, conservation and dolphin behaviour
Flying squid. Yeah, that’s a relaxing concept.
Nature eases no one’s mind when the revered journal explains it’s actually more efficient for some squid fly than to swim:
… Read the rest “Flying squid. Yeah, that’s a relaxing concept.”Squid of many species have been seen to ‘fly’
SONG: Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent
SONG: “Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: Squid Pro Crow.
SOURCE: Based on “Exotic creatures… Read the rest “SONG: Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent”
Sharks eat whatever they want. Even songbirds.
National Geographic ruins the illusion that maybe larks and mockingbirds might be safe from shark attacks. Nope. Songbirds are being found in tiger sharks’ stomachs:
… Read the rest “Sharks eat whatever they want. Even songbirds.”Marcus Drymon,