PhysOrg once again brings prehistoric monsters to life:
… Read the rest “Hurdia victoria: SHRIMPZILLA!”Although the first fragments were described nearly one hundred years ago, they were assumed to be part of a crustacean-like animal.
SONG: “Visibility” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Strange fish has a see-through head”, MSNBC/… Read the rest “SONG: Visibility”
New Scientist introduces our latest underwater overlords – or at least the blueprints for one – in a story about Italian researchers who’re designing the world’s… Read the rest “Roboctopus!”
The British press has been all over this, but a fisherman (and biologist) landed a record-sized stingray in Thailand:
… Read the rest “Stingray, I can… whoah.”Guardian:
A British angler – with a dozen helpers – has landed what could
If they could do this with cats, a million TV watchers would pay $1,000 each. MSNBC reports on a fish with a see-through head:
… Read the rest “Barreleye, I can see inside your head.”The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) is adapted for life in
Researchers studying the McMurdo Sound killer whales may have started something among the orcas:
… Read the rest “Snowballs and Killer Whales”LiveScience, via Yahoo:One of the whales, probably an adult female, was lolling in front
Science News reports on new findings that our intelligent neighbors to the sea have finally been spotted using tools:
… Read the rest “Dolphin Tools.”These dolphins dive to the bottom of deep channels and poke their sponge-covered
New Scientist loves nudibranchs… especially when they can generate their own power from sunlight:
… Read the rest “Solar Sea Slug”Elysia chlorotica is a lurid green sea slug, with a gelatinous leaf-shaped body,
From Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1911, G & C Miriam Co. Springfield, MA, [found here.]
Some call them sea slugs, but they’re so striking, so sensual, that nudibranch has to be the better term.
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