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...
Science & the Sea
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...
A Vampire Squid that Feeds on the Dead
You might think a creature called the vampire squid would suck the blood of an unfortunate passing fish. After all,...
Juggling Five Jobs from Behind
It's no secret that most animals release waste through their backsides, but some use that exit for more than releasing...
A Simply Smashing Shrimp
It can move almost as fast as a speeding bullet and packs a punch powerful enough to break aquarium glass....
Gulf Coast Kitchen
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Recipe of the month
Texas Chrome Outdoors Seafood Pasta
Many thanks to Capt. Joey Smith for sharing this delicious recipe. It’s quick and easy as can be, and sure...