Circling the Globe on Cruise Control
While Magellans first circumnavigation of the world made history, circling the globe is a regular annual trip for many albatrosses....
Science & the Sea
Dad Does the Dirty Work
While seahorses certainly are a unique-looking fish, that’s hardly their most unusual trait. Seahorses and their relatives, pipefishes, are the...
The Real Blue Bloods of the Sea
If being a blue blood is a sign of royalty, then horseshoe crabs may be the kings and queens of...
Horseshoe Crabs: True Survivors
Horseshoe crabs are known as living fossils because they have survived on Earth for more than 450 million years. Although...
A Neighborhood for Everyone
There is a lot of activity atop the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, but like an
iceberg, there's...
A Taste for the Toxic
Swelling up like a balloon is a pretty dramatic
defense mechanism, but many species of pufferfish
pack an even deadlier...
A Swell Adaptation
Puffer fish have one of the most dramatic defense
mechanisms of any creature in the sea, thanks to
bodies customized...
Growing Larger than Life
What is the greatest size and age a living thing can
achieve? Seagrass meadows may hold the answer.
Seagrasses are...
A “Sting” Operation
Watch a stingray glide over the sandy sea floor
and you can tell it's in hunting mode - but the...
Nature’s Antifreeze
Life in the extreme environment of a polar
ocean certainly is a survival challenge, but some
Antarctic fish manage with...
