This is our second guest post from ichthyologist, tech diver and all-round good guy Dr. Luiz Rocha at the California Academy of Sciences. You should…
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Species: Spotted Porcupine Fish
As scientific mariners, we spend an inordinate amount of shore time on sleezy docks and seedy piers around the world, from the gritty shipyards of…
View More These Are a Few of My Favorite Species: Spotted Porcupine FishThese are a Few of My Favorite Species: Pistol Shrimp
My dream day includes Clint Eastwood and I drinking bourbon, smoking cigars, and watching The Outlaw Josey Wales. At one of the most memorable moments in…
View More These are a Few of My Favorite Species: Pistol ShrimpSummer of the Goatfish
I take on a senseless internet meme and make it even more so – for science. With the northern hemisphere days getting shorter, and…
View More Summer of the GoatfishNo way is that a Manta in the Kelp Forest…
Yes…yes it is. This video was just taken off of San Clemente Island by spearfisherman Carter Jessop (used with permission). This is his account…
View More No way is that a Manta in the Kelp Forest…A Narrative of Coral-Dwelling Barnacles With the Aid of Internet Memes
Not everything on a coral is actually a coral. Embedded into the hard coral’s surfaces are nearly 100 species of specialized barnacles—the Pyrgomatidae. New work…
View More A Narrative of Coral-Dwelling Barnacles With the Aid of Internet MemesSex, Snails, Sustenance…and Rock & Roll
One of the things in the title was not actually part of my latest published research, unless you count the soundtrack I played while…
View More Sex, Snails, Sustenance…and Rock & RollThat looks terrible on you Dolphin- take it off!
I hate all the stuff growing on whales. It’s just one of those weird personal tics. All those barnacles look annoying and itchy and the whole…
View More That looks terrible on you Dolphin- take it off!On How I Came to Meet Polar Bear Pete
“ ‘Help!’ cried a bear, ‘I come with bad news!’ ‘Come with me quick, there’s no time to lose!’ The people sailed by and left…
View More On How I Came to Meet Polar Bear PeteHow to shrink a styrofoam cup and other side effects of deep ocean pressure
Too much pressure can be a good thing. Extreme pressure in the earth’s mantle squeezing carbon together creates diamonds and aids Rihanna’s ability to shine…
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