Since yesterday was Valentine's Day, I thought we'd go with a bit of a romantic theme today!
Think your Valentine's Day was romantic? See how the marine world does it:
Marine Biology
Think your Valentine's Day was romantic? See how the marine world does it:
- May I have this dance? Blue-footed boobies 'dance' to attract a mate*
- Seahorses mate for life and the males carry the young
- Ever get tired of having just one penis? This sea slug has multiple disposable ones...
- ...But the alligator has a bungee penis
- Blue whales are all heart
- Adult sea spiders carry their young on their backs
- Flatworms 'joust' with their penises - the winner gets to be the dad
- Starfish prefer the spray & pray approach
- Unlucky in love? At least you're not a male anglerfish
Marine Biology
- Do we now have too many cod?
- Sustainable seafood goes high-tech with QR coded sushi
- Does your seafood feel pain? The debate continues.
- Using whale oil to fuel whaling ships? Seriously?!
- Look! Scientists are real people too!
- New species of fish have been found in the deep-sea off New Zealand
- Trenches to be explored for novel antibiotics
- A turtle swims again thanks to prosthetic flippers
- One in six of the species from Finding Nemo are threatened with extinction
- My friend Charlotte Hopkins has started a new blog about her PhD work on MPAs
- Taking a closer look at the creation of a Pacific marine reserve
- Turning the tables: Using seismic study data to track whale calls
- Good with computers? New competition seeks automatic 'caller ID' recognition for Right Whales
- This is just weird: A wingsuit developed to let you 'fly' underwater.
- A ghost crab vs. a daschund? There can only be one winner!
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