An Upside-Down Garden of Icy Surprises
Sometimes scientists searching for one thing stumble unexpectedly onto another. A few years ago, a research team did just that,...
Science & the Sea
When Changing Sex Improves Survival
If Finding Nemo had been more scientifically accurate, it may have caught Disney fans off guard: Nemo’s dad, Marlin, would...
Shocking Differences Between Electric Animals
Most people know that electricity and water don’t mix, but it’s not a problem for fish that produce their own...
Seahorses Use Their Heads to Their Advantage
Seahorses and pipefish may be beautiful and graceful creatures, but they’re not the speediest of fish. In fact, they swim...
The Sweet Smell of Romance?
Getting a good whiff of your partner to decide if he’s the right man for you may sound familiar –...
Math Under the Waves
When most people think about math, they’re probably not thinking of marine creatures. Yet one of the most famous sequences...
Swimming in Harmony for Safety and Belonging
The thought of “synchronized swimming” may call to mind the Olympic event or perhaps white-capped women in old Hollywood musicals....
A Hot Surprise Far Below the Ice
Deep below the Arctic Ocean lies a mid-ocean ridge system that meanders for 1,100 miles along the sea floor. Mid-ocean...
A Never-Ending Love Bite
Perhaps it’s not surprising that a creature as fierce looking as the angler fish has pretty extreme mating habits — ...
Surviving in the Harsh Midnight Zone
The vampire squid sounds like a hostile creature from the Twilight Zone, but it’s really the environment these harmless cephalopods...
