A Massive but Elusive Sunfish
New discoveries in the ocean never end, but sometimes even the ocean’s largest animals can evade scientists. It takes perseverance,...
Science & the Sea
A Tiny but Fearsome Jellyfish
They’re tiny and they’re brainless, but the box jellyfish of Australia, known to science as Carukia barnesi, packs a deadly...
Keeping an Eye Out
Living in near-total darkness requires some creative adaptations both to find food and avoid becoming food. For the red-colored strawberry...
The Nose Knows the Way
It’s said that sharks can smell a drop of blood in water a mile away. Depending on the shark species...
The Coolest Dad in the Sea
Dads always build the best sand castles — at least when it comes to the
white-spotted pufferfish. Males of this...
Do Basking Sharks Bask in the Sun?
Although they frequently swim with their massive mouths wide open to feed, basking sharks don’t look like the Jaws-type predator...
A “Magical” Discovery
The naming of a new genus and species of crab goes to show that the
magic of J.K. Rowling can...
Deciphering Sounds from the Deep
They went looking for typical calls of blue, minke, fin, humpback andother whales who live in the area of Mariana...
Putting the Ancients to the Test
Bowhead whales and Greenland sharks can live up to two centuries, and century-old Galapagos giant tortoises are just young adults....
The Power to See
A disguise only works if others can’t detect it, whether on land or under the sea. Mirror-like scales help many...
