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14 Fun Facts About Hagfish
Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) in a hole at 150 meters depth at the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary in California. (via Linda Snook of NOAA/CBNMS / Flickr) Hagfish are widely considered...
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When Attacked, Corals Send Out Chemical Signals to Recruit Bodyguard Fish
New research reveals that corals send out chemical signals to recruit the help of Goby fish in removing toxic seaweed. Image courtesy of Danielle Dixson Corals are constantly under attack. Sea stars...
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The Ten Best Ocean Stories of 2012
2012 was a big year for squid science. Photo Credit: © Brian Skerry, www.brianskerry.com Despite covering 70 percent of the earth’s surface, the ocean doesn’t often make it into the news. But when it...
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Drill, Baby, Drill: Sponges Bore Into Shells Twice as Fast in Acidic Seawater
Small red boring sponges embedded in star coral, killing the coral polyps immediately surrounding them. Image via Sean Nash, Flickr Whenever anyone talks about ocean acidification, they discuss...
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Photos of Starfish Up Close: What Are You Looking At?
A close-up photo of the common sunstar (Crossaster papposus), a starfish found in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Photo: © Alexander Semenov Invertebrates close-up never fail to please: with...
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Microbes Buried Deep in Ocean Crust May Form World’s Largest Ecosystem
Beneath the seafloor, there is an ecosystem of microbes living in the oceanic crust, independent of sunlight. Here, the seafloor of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. NSF/USAP photo by Steve Clabuesch If...
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14 Fun Facts About Penguins
Emperor penguins swimming. Photo by Polar Cruises Penguins seem a bit out of place on land, with their stand-out black jackets and clumsy waddling. But once you see their grace in the water, you know...
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Glass Sponges Move In As Antarctic Ice Shelves Melt
A community of glass sponges under Antarctica’s ice. Photo by Julian Gutt, Alfred Wegener Institute When most people think about organisms growing on the seafloor around Antarctica (if they think of...
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Top Ten Stories About Sharks Since the Last Shark Week
Illegal shark fishing along with increasing demand for shark fin soup has led to the removal of 95% of endangered scalloped hammerheads from the ocean. Photo by Jeff Litton/Marine Photobank People...
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Call Me Migaloo: The Story Behind Real-Life White Whales
Migaloo, the white whale. Photo by Jenny Dean. “Call me Migaloo,” would start the memoir of the most famous white humpback whale out there. He’s not quite from the pages of Moby Dick—Herman Melville’s...
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