Year: 2011
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Smackdown: bear meets squid
Now, I have truly seen everything. We all know the inspiring images from nature shows of majestic bears whacking big salmon out of the water as they make their grueling and intrepid homing migrations upstream (the salmon, that is). But squid? Unlike the photo of the shark in the streets of Puerto Rico (mea culpa)…
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Live blog: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011
The second triennial World Conference on Marine Biodiversity begins next week in Aberdeen, Scotland, and your dedicated SeaMonster reporter will be on the scene. We will be trying something new and experimental (for us, at least) — pseudo-live blogging from the Conference site, covering late-breaking news on marine research advances, marine conservation, fantastic new animals,…
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Studying in the Galapagos
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/28165343[/vimeo]
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Jellyfish invasion!
Well not really. This is just a cool jellyfish I got some video of in Cuba. It looked like a spaceship dropping in on the reef for a look around. There were some tiny fish living on top of it – see if you can see them near the end of the video. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29257089[/vimeo]
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Bisexual squid
Timed to coincide with the end of DADT (not really) is the announcement of the discovery of bisexual deep sea squid. Not that that is surprising to evolutionary biologists – same sex sex is far from unique in the animal world. Still, the mechanism of the encounter is for this species a little weird, even…
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Pushing the boundaries of dolphin communication
For all of you who dream of talking to dolphins (I know you are out there!) here is a story in the NYT: Up to now, dolphins have shown themselves to be adept at responding to human prompts, with food as a reward for performing a task. “It’s rare that we ask dolphins to seek…
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Courtney Cox – forensic fisheries sleuth
While researching the health of coral reefs and the fate of the parrotfish, Carolina grad student Courtney Cox uncovered a conspiracy at Belize fish markets and restaurants. Mark Derewicz covered the fishy mystery here in Endevors magazine: Let’s face it. A lot of fish fillets look the same and taste the same. But when you buy, say, snapper…
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Daybreak over Antarctica
. . . at the close of this awe-inspiring video overflight of Planet Earth from the space station. Note the light from human civilizations like signal fires burning across the surface of the earth. This is your home. Take a deep breath, turn your room lights off, and switch to full-screen mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny2IU2gIq70 By James…
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Aranburu lights up some Basque Country barrels
Check out this video Aritz Aranburu surfing Mandaka in the dark… by the glow of his LED-covered board! MUNDAKA 24H from aritzaranburu.com on Vimeo.
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Earthquake destroys Belizean reefs
A new paper in Ecology (Aronson et al 2011) describes the effects of an earthquake on the already beleagured reefs of Belize. I edited the paper and coincidentally my lab was in Belize doing reef surveys when the earthquake hit (I flew home that day). Some of the students were a bit rattled, others slept…