Echinoderms

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A Tale of One Opening

I was just listening to a podcast about how sea sponges use the pores all over their body to “bring in food and release wastes”…

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Holothurian Hill

Dr. M November 23, 2018 No Comments headless chicken holothurian NOAA Sea Cucumber

Take a break from the madness of #blackfriday2018 & marvel at these swimming sea cucumbers, seen during recent #Okeanos expedition: https://t.co/HneVxh2JiI pic.twitter.com/MEYO9OKmQb — NOAA…

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The Fantastical Beasts of the Deep Gulf of Mexico

Dr. M June 15, 2017 biodiversity deep sea gallery Giant Isopod Gulf of Mexico invertebrates National Science Foundation tripod fish

I recently returned from nearly two weeks at sea with a motley and intrepid crew exploring the Gulf of Mexico almost a mile and half…

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Look at These Amazing Deep-Sea Creatures from the Remote Pacific Right Now

Dr. M March 12, 2017

[View the story “Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas” on Storify]

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The Worst Ocean Environments to “Catch Em’ All”

Alex Warneke July 11, 2016 Adaptations Ocean Environments Pokemon PokemonGo

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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The See Life Collection

Alex Warneke December 15, 2015 Art Cabrillo NPS See Life

Shameless Self-promotion Alert: This article was written on a recent exhibit I put together for the National Park Service. Though this collection spans both the…

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6 times an invertebrate punched a vertebrate in the face (and it was awesome)

Dr. M December 11, 2015 Bobbit Worm Cat fights Giant Isopod Giant Pacific Octopus invertebrates Lisa Frank Mantis Shrimp Mila Kunis

A guest post from Katie Thomas, a graduate student at Duke University researching the evolution of bioluminescence in squids. (@katiethomas10) For those of us who love the…

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Top 10 GIFs of Ocean Animals Eating Other Animals

Dr. M December 7, 2015 GIF Predation

1. Cone snail eating whole fish 2. Orca taking a seal 3. California angel shark eating a California horn shark 4. Goblin shark eating a fish 5.…

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Life of Every Color & Kind

Alex Warneke September 16, 2015 Ecology Keystone Predators mussels seastars

When one of my favorite papers of all time gets made into a School House Rock-esque production….magic happens. I was smiling the whole time like the…

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These are a few of my favorite species: Paulasterias mcclaini “McClain’s 6-armed fleshy star”

Dr. M April 21, 2015 Asteroid Hydrothermal Vent starfish

Today is a very exciting day. Indeed, today is one of the best days ever! The next step in my evil science plans for total…

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