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This shark is older than the United States.

12 August 2016 grant 0

It was 1744, Nature reports, when this sleepy, small-headed Somniosus microcephalus … when this long-swimming, short-sighted Greenland shark came into the world – if not… Read the rest “This shark is older than the United States.”

Leatherbacks get around. Now, they’ve found a new beach.

28 July 2016 grant 0

Miami Herald reports on some hope for an endangered species – the first known leatherback nest (with hatchlings!) found in the Florida Keys:

The nest is at Bahia Honda State Park at

… Read the rest “Leatherbacks get around. Now, they’ve found a new beach.”

SONG: Cells, Sensors, Silicon

24 July 2016 grant 0

SONG: “Cells, Sensors, Silicon”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “This Swimming Stingray Robot Is Powered by Real, Living Rat Cells,” Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2016,… Read the rest “SONG: Cells, Sensors, Silicon”

The Zebra Shark Madonna: Aquarium celebrates virgin birth

4 July 2016 grant 0

National Geographic describes an Australian aquarium’s wonderment at a shark that just gave birth despite being alone for three years:

Aquarium keepers in Australia realized

… Read the rest “The Zebra Shark Madonna: Aquarium celebrates virgin birth”

Making batteries from seafood leftovers.

27 June 2016 grant 0

Hakai magazine explains how we can turn crab and lobster shells into batteries, plastics and (maybe) scaffolds for growing new organs:

[Mark] MacLachlan [of the University of British

… Read the rest “Making batteries from seafood leftovers.”

Science Art: Buffon’s Natural History, Taf. 7,

15 May 2016 grant 0

Buffon's Natural History

Two rays and a shark… and an egg case… from Buffon’s Natural History of the globe, and of man; beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects, a book with a long title compiled… Read the rest “Science Art: Buffon’s Natural History, Taf. 7,”

Science Art: The Male and Female of Caligus centrodonti.

27 March 2016 grant 0

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Double check all your eggs – just in case.

Happy Easter!

The handsome couple in the image came from North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae… Read the rest “Science Art: The Male and Female of Caligus centrodonti.”

Needed: a silent sea sanctuary.

12 January 2016 grant 0

Science Direct has a copy of the study recommending a soundproofed sanctuary for dolphins and other sonar-using marine life:

Many marine organisms, from invertebrates to fish to marine

… Read the rest “Needed: a silent sea sanctuary.”

Science Art: Acanthophracta (detail) by Ernst Haeckel.

28 December 2015 grant 0

Rise up, shepherds, and follow...
There’s a star in the East….

Shark-tracking drones over Australian beaches.

25 November 2015 grant 0

Australia’s ABC News has us watching the skies to see shark-tracking flying robots (and drum lines to catch-and-release sharks):

Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has announced

… Read the rest “Shark-tracking drones over Australian beaches.”

SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump.”

23 November 2015 grant 0

SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Fish and Adaptation: Mangrove Fish Jumps into Air in Warming Water”, Nature World News, 21 Oct 2015,… Read the rest “SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump.””

Global warming might make the fish jump.

9 November 2015 grant 0

Nature World News reports on a little mangrove-estuary dwelling fish that adapts to warmer waters by jumping into the air to cool down:

In humid heat in tropical mangroves, tiny rivulus

… Read the rest “Global warming might make the fish jump.”

Cuba & U.S. team up to save sharks.

22 October 2015 grant 0

Nature points out one pleasant side effect of the growing diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba – we’re doing better than ever at protecting endangered species like… Read the rest “Cuba & U.S. team up to save sharks.”

Science Art: Aequorea Forbesiana by Philip Henry Gosse.

13 September 2015 grant 0

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This is a jellyfish drawn by Philip Henry Gosse, a naturalist and Creationist (!) who gave us the word “aquarium” as a place to see marine creatures. Before… Read the rest “Science Art: Aequorea Forbesiana by Philip Henry Gosse.”

Science Art: Doree, Zeus, Faber by Edward Donovan

16 August 2015 grant 0

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Three names for one little fish. And those are just the beginning.

I found this one on the Scientific Illustration tumblog, which quoted Wikipedia on the doree (etc.):

John Dory, St Pierre

… Read the rest “Science Art: Doree, Zeus, Faber by Edward Donovan”

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