Rare blue lobster caught by lobsterman Bobby Stoddard near Nova Scotia, Canada.
The mutation causes the lobster to produce more of a specific protein that gives the shell the bright blue hue that makes it a true blue beauty.
An undercooked squid dish may try to impregenate you! Photo by “HarlanH”
In February, the Journal of Parasitology reported on an interesting case of a Korean woman and her squidy meal: “Penetration of the oral mucosa by parasite-like sperm bags of squid: a case report in a Korean woman.”
Coral spawn accumulation, decomposition, and subsequent fish kill on the eastern shoreline of the lagoon. Photos by Brendan O’Brien.
Published today in Coral Reefs, Jean-Paul Hobbs and Hisham Macrae report on just that in their paper “Unusual weather and trapped coral spawn lead to fish kill at a remote coral atoll.”
Seaweed from the Caribbean. Photo by Nadya Peek / Flickr.
The research was recently published on the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution by George Roff and Peter Mumby.
The study’s goals were to compare the macroalgal growth of the Caribbean, Indian, and Pacific regions as a way to benchmark the transferability of concepts between regions.
Workers from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife remove marine organisms in order to prevent invasive species from a derelict Japanese dock that washed up on Agate Beach. Credit: OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center.
A 3D printed seahorse feeder printed with a Makerbot Cupcake 3D printer.
In my previous installments, I introduced everyone to the idea of 3D printing with my post “Could your next protein skimmer be 3D printed?
Mantis Shrimp macro – Odontodactylus scyllarus. Photo by prilfish / flickr.
Mantis shrimp, order Stomatopoda, actually come in two flavors: spearers and smashers. Spearers as the name implies, spear their prey with a spear-shaped claw.
A manta ray swims past a diver in the Maldives. Photo by nicoboxethai / flickr.
Published this week in Biology Letters, scientists Tomita, Toda, and others believe they have discovered how the embryo breathes in their paper “Live-bearing manta ray: how the embryo acquires oxygen without placenta and umbilical cord.”
Watch for yellowed barrel sponges.
The disease was first noted during the month of April of this year and has steadily progressed along the Florida coast from Palm Beach all the way to the lower Keys. The
For her Ph.D. research in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, Erin Bertrand (right) studied how marine phytoplankton get, use, and compete for nutrients in the ocean, working with her advisor, WHOI marine biogeochemist Mak Saito.