Science Art: Doree, Zeus, Faber by Edward Donovan
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 […]
marine biology
The key to octopuses’ uncanny intelligence is in their genes.
Nature reports that the octopus has, for an invertebrate, a really large genome – including a long sequence of genes that regulates intelligence in “higher” […]
SONG: “Kavachi”
SONG: “Kavachi”. ARTIST: grant. SOURCE:Based on “Deep-Sea Cameras Reveal a ‘Sharkcano’”, National Geographic Explorers’ Journal, 9 July 2015, as used in the post as used […]
Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.
National Geographic reveals an ecosystem my 10-year-old son might have dreamed up. It’s all lava, acid and sharks. Inside the cauldron of Kavachi is a […]
That Deepwater Horizon spill… it’s still killing dolphins.
Nature has the grisly details about the 1,300 dolphin deaths that can be traced to that one incident: The spike in dolphin deaths began shortly […]
The moonfish is warm-blooded.
Science Daily throws our sense of things slightly out of whack with news that there’s a fish out there that’s entirely warm-blooded: New research by […]
Lionfish have reached Brazil.
Nature reports on a strikingly beautiful – and utterly destructive – invasive critter that’s swept across warm waters from Ft. Lauderdale to Venezuela: Lionfish have […]
Vampire squid stranger, even, than previously thought.
Science Daily goes deeper into the singular (and kinda sexy) oddness of the vampire squid: At ocean depths from 500 to 3,000 meters, they don’t […]
SONG: The Waves Around the Women
SONG: “The Waves Around the Women.” ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Scientists have discovered nature’s newest strongest material“, Washington Post, 18 February 2015,as used in […]
Stronger than spider silk
Washington Post reveals the natural substance that beats spider silk for toughness, and diamonds for hardness – and it’s limpet teeth: In a study set […]
Meet the Ruby Seadragon
Science Daily introduces us to a brand new sea creature, bright red and fantastically delicate, dubbed the ruby seadragon: Using DNA and anatomical research tools, […]
SONG: Not Even Dancing Works
SONG: “Not Even Dancing Works.” ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Zoologger: Dancing in time makes crabs sexual failures“, New Scientist, 4 December 2014, as used […]
Electric eels are puppet masters
New Scientist pulls back the curtain on how electric eels “remote control” their prey, freezing them right next to their hungry mouths: The experiments that […]
Fish researchers: “Our mirrors have become USELESS!”
Nature breaks the news to behaviorists – and this is more important than it might seem – that fish don’t really think mirrors are uninvited […]
Blue whales have recovered, just about.
It’s taken quite a while, but AP can finally report that blue whales off the coast of California have finally reached pre-whaling-industry levels: Researchers previously […]