When I describe my favorite sponge to others, yes I have a favorite sponge, I describe it like this: Imagine a mosquito lands on your…
View More Velcro, romance, and consuming the flesh of crustaceansCategory: Adaptations
Wood Falls, Chemicals, & Dubstep
I’ve gotten a little crazy about wood falls lately. My newest research project with Jim Barry at MBARI is definitely coolest research I have ever…
View More Wood Falls, Chemicals, & DubstepA New Parasitic Male Found
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed–Abraham Lincoln Over 300 different species of anglerfish…
View More A New Parasitic Male FoundWill My Wood Research Be Poplar?
I wooden dream of having a post full of wood puns. On the other hand my alder ego often gets the best of me and…
View More Will My Wood Research Be Poplar?The Ocean’s Gelantinous Christmas Tinsel
The above photo is of Apolemia lanosa a type of siphonophore belonging to phylum Cnidaria that also includes corals and jellies. It’s basically the ocean’s…
View More The Ocean’s Gelantinous Christmas TinselAn Oceanic Ode
This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass. Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…
View More An Oceanic OdePygmy Squids Females Favor Small Males and Fast Copulation
Females of some species in the wild may not be able to prevent unwanted sex with males. In many crustaceans, males forcibly mate with females…
View More Pygmy Squids Females Favor Small Males and Fast CopulationSquid Rocket Science
Squids not only swim, they also fly*. In fourteen different published accounts dating back to 1892, squids have been caught in the act of taking…
View More Squid Rocket Science3 Reasons Why You Should Invite a Greenland Shark to Thanksgiving Dinner
This is a guest post from Sizing Ocean Giants team member Leo Gaskins 1) Not the best cook? No worries, Greenland sharks won’t complain! Forgot…
View More 3 Reasons Why You Should Invite a Greenland Shark to Thanksgiving DinnerA whale and a whale shark walk into a bar…
A bar, somewhere in the ocean. A whale shark sits quietly sipping a Krillians. Whale shark (quietly): <sip> Ahh, that’s some good Euphausia right there.…
View More A whale and a whale shark walk into a bar…