This Terrifying Parasite Bears an Uncanny Resemblance to the Queen in “Aliens”
Phronima hollow out their prey and ride around in their corpse
A Student Claims to Have Designed Working Artificial Gills
A mysterious site showcases a detailed blueprint of a wearable device that lets users breathe underwater like fish
Seals Are Scientists’ Little Helpers for Collecting Ocean Data
For the past 10 years, hundreds of seals equipped with special headgear have collected crucial data on ocean temperature and salinity for scientists
Beach Tourists Who Collect Shells May Be Harming the Environment
At one beach in Spain, increasing numbers of tourists have caused a 60 percent decline in shell abundance, potentially disrupting the aquatic ecosystem
Fewer Freezes Let Florida’s Mangroves Move North
Climate change has extended the range in which mangroves can survive the winter, letting them take root farther north and invade salt marshes
The Top Five Ocean Stories of 2013
This year we’ve seen amazing footage of marine creatures, discovered how plastic works its way into the food chain, employed 3D printing to build new reefs
The DNA Detectives That Reveal What Seafood You’re Really Eating
Genetic sequencing allows scientists to uncover increasingly prevalent seafood fraud
More Than Three Years Later, Oil From the Deepwater Horizon Persists in the Gulf
Continued testing has found evidence of oil in the water, sediments and marine animals of the Gulf
Six Ways Climate Change Is Waging War on Christmas
If Santa really lived at the North Pole, he would have drowned long ago—his icy abode is slowly melting
This One Little Video Will Help You Understand Fireflies Better Forever
Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction that happens and creates light. Fluorescence requires lights to be seen
Sharks Can Sense When Your Back Is Turned
New research suggests that sharks can sense where you can’t see, and will approach just outside your field of vision
Many Animals, Including the Platypus, Lost Their Stomachs
Not only did those animals toss their stomachs out with the evolutionary garbage, they burned the genetic instructions, too
Great White Sharks Are Being Killed Before They Can Become Truly Gigantic
Sharks aren’t shrinking, they’re just being hunted and inadvertently killed by fishing nets so often that they’re no longer living long enough to grow up
The Seahorse’s Odd Shape Makes It a Weapon of Stealth
The shape of the seahorse’s snout and its painfully slow movements create help create minimal water disturbance, increasing its odds of bagging prey
Artists Join Scientists on an Expedition to Collect Marine Debris
Now, they are creating beautiful works from the trash they gathered on the 450-nautical-mile journey in the Gulf of Alaska
How Plastic Pollution Can Carry Flame Retardants Into Your Sushi
Research shows that plastic particles can absorb pollution from water, get eaten by fish and carry the toxins up the food chain
Why Is Antarctica’s Sea Ice Growing As Temperatures Rise?
New research shows that the explanation for the counterintuitive growth of sea ice near the South Pole can be found blowing in the wind
The Science Behind Earth’s Many Colors
A new book of breathtaking aerial photography by Bernhard Edmaier explains how the planet’s vividly colored landscapes and seascapes came to be
What Is a Species? Insight From Dolphins and Humans
More than 70 definitions exist for what makes a species—each is applied to a different group of organisms & uses different methods for determining a label
Okeanos: A Performance Where Dancers Move Like Octopuses and Seahorses
Jodi Lomask, director of the dance company Capacitor, has choreographed an ocean-inspired show, now at San Francisco’s Aquarium of the Bay
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