Prepare yourself for the hammer. No not that hammer. This one. The Malleidae, or the hammer oysters, is a suite of around 30 species, primarily…
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Category: Adaptations
Trolling in the deep: from raging rants to support of the strange
Today’s guest post is by Natasha Phillips, a marine biologist and PhD researcher based at Queen’s University Belfast, interested in the movement ecology, diet and…
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The Little Strawberry Squid with the Big Eye
If I were ever to write a Little Golden Book on par with The Poky Little Puppy it would about cute, little, and red, deep-sea…
View More The Little Strawberry Squid with the Big EyeSo yeah ocean sunfish are ridiculous, dolphins are @#[email protected]&, and deep-sea anglerfish are monsters
Recently a couple of interesting posts sparked some introspection on how I view, label, and discuss the denizens of the oceans. Carla Litchfield, Senior Lecturer, School…
View More So yeah ocean sunfish are ridiculous, dolphins are @#[email protected]&, and deep-sea anglerfish are monstersReef raving revisited: 4 good reasons for fish to glow in the dark
This is a guest post form Maarten De Brauwer, a PhD candidate at Curtin University. You can find more of amazing work from Maarten on his…
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How do bone-eating worms eat bones?
The deep-sea Osedax bone-devouring worms could easily have been the poster child for Deep-Sea News instead of the Giant Squid. I love them because Osedax are…
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I’m the modern day equivalent of a massive Carboniferous dragonfly
I am annoyingly the first one to return to the surface after any scuba dive. My bottom time exploring the wonders of the aquatic realm…
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Craig With Big Things (and Small Things)
I have a confession. I am obsessed with ridiculously large and small things. While other children impatiently anticipated toys for Christmas, I enjoyed just as…
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The Worst Ocean Environments to “Catch Em’ All”
This week the best part of the 90s has returned in full force with the Niantic’s release of Pokémon Go. You guys, this is like…
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Science Spoiler Alert: Finding Dory
In which Dr. Milton Love ruins the magic behind Finding Dory with Science, but we love him anyways. TUNE IN HERE
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