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New hope for coral reefs is sprouting at Florida Aquarium

22 August 2019 grant 0

CNN is among the news outlets covering a hopeful story (as the rain forests burn), that the Florida Aquarium in Tampa has found a way to get coral to reproduce – and potentially repopulate… Read the rest “New hope for coral reefs is sprouting at Florida Aquarium”

The American pocket shark glows in the dark

23 July 2019 grant 0

CNN was among the news outlets celebrating the discovery of a small, glow-in-the-dark shark species:

The 5 1/2-inch American Pocket Shark is the first of its kind to be discovered in the

… Read the rest “The American pocket shark glows in the dark”
Scientific illustration of three kinds of squid, from 1912

Science Art: Cephalopoda (Figs. 441-443), from The Depths of the Ocean, 1912

7 July 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of three kinds of squid, from 1912Click to embiggen

Three kinds of squid-kids (I think; at least one is identified as a juvenile), from the research expedition of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars, published in 1912. These… Read the rest “Science Art: Cephalopoda (Figs. 441-443), from The Depths of the Ocean, 1912”

Scientific illustration or, well, painting of Water and marine life as an elemental face

Science Art: Water, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1566

23 June 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration or, well, painting of Water and marine life as an elemental faceClick to embiggen

I’m not sure if this really is a scientific illustration, but I think, given the time, it counts as natural history. This thing – heads made of… well…… Read the rest “Science Art: Water, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1566”

Sharks are eating *songbirds*.

24 May 2019 grant 0

Science magazine demonstrates that sharks can and will eat literally anything, up to and including songbirds that live miles inland … but migrate over the Gulf of Mexico:

To find

… Read the rest “Sharks are eating *songbirds*.”

A “kelt” is a salmon that survives spawning. Again and again.

2 April 2019 grant 0

Hakai Magazine looks at the few mighty salmon who survive the rigors of the spawning run year after year. Where most fish die after (or during) their first trip, what turns some tough salmon… Read the rest “A “kelt” is a salmon that survives spawning. Again and again.”

from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46294

Science Art: Transition of straight Nautiloidea into typical Nautilus, 1972

16 December 2018 grant 0

from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46294Click to embiggen

Evolution took a winding path with the nautilus. They curled, over generations, into a spiral.

In order, we’re looking at: Orthoceras, Cyrtoceras, Gyroceras… Read the rest “Science Art: Transition of straight Nautiloidea into typical Nautilus, 1972”

Tracking a leatherback turtle through Hurricane Florence

17 September 2018 grant 0

Popular Science shows what it takes to get data sometimes – when the enormous marine reptile you affixed your tracking equipment to carries on migrating right into a major hurricane… Read the rest “Tracking a leatherback turtle through Hurricane Florence”

First shark species confirmed to eat everything – even veggies.

10 September 2018 grant 0

The Guardian unveils the bonnethead as the first confirmed omnivorous shark species:

Scientists at the University of California in Irvine, and Florida International University in Miami,

… Read the rest “First shark species confirmed to eat everything – even veggies.”

How rats can kill a coral reef.

16 July 2018 grant 0

Nature has the answer, as supplied by a team of British and Australian researchers. Even though rats can’t live underwater, they can do fine on an island. And, thanks to their appetite… Read the rest “How rats can kill a coral reef.”

The manta ray nursery.

20 June 2018 grant 0

Science Daily takes us to the Gulf of Mexico, where scientists have finished the first-ever study of a nursery for baby manta rays:

Located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas at NOAA’s

… Read the rest “The manta ray nursery.”

A sea of sargasso swamps the Eastern Caribbean

14 June 2018 grant 0

Barbados is smothering under a blanket of seaweed. That’s the word from Hakai Magazine, which is studying a sudden, lethal growth in sargassum that seems to be choking off the islands… Read the rest “A sea of sargasso swamps the Eastern Caribbean”

Science Art: Ptychogena Pinnulata, 1882.

13 May 2018 grant 0

from https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/36283302253/in/album-72157688740420735/ Click to embiggen
Jellyfish. Deep sea medusae. By Ernst Haeckel and A. Giltsch.

From Vol. 4, pt.11-13 of Report on the scientific results of the voyage of /i>H.M.S. Challenger during… Read the rest “Science Art: Ptychogena Pinnulata, 1882.”

Killer whales speak human. A little.

31 January 2018 grant 0

Of course. Of course. The Guardian reveals that orcas can use human speech when it suits them:

New research reveals that orcas are able to imitate human speech, in some cases at the first attempt,

… Read the rest “Killer whales speak human. A little.”

Science Art: Callorynchus antarctica, 1858.

31 December 2017 grant 0

from https://archive.org/stream/fishesfishingart00wrigrich#page/n5/mode/2up

An image that introduces Fishes and fishing : artificial breeding of fish, anatomy of their senses, their loves, passions, and intellects. With illustrative facts by William Wright.… Read the rest “Science Art: Callorynchus antarctica, 1858.”

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