BERKELEY CA (February 12, 2013) – The Larger Pacific Striped Octopus displays striking color and shape changes, shifting in an instant from a nondescript dark reddish black “leaf”, to an awesome clash of white and black stripes over constellations of white spots.

Undercover video surfaced late last week of a demolition of a Gulf oil rig (video below). Shortly after the demolition, video captured thousands of dead fish floating on the surface of the ocean and most of them were red snapper. Ironically,

The new tips are printed from titanium by CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, of Australia.

‘synirr’ found an answer: build his fish a custom buoyancy device to help it maintain its position in the water column! Based on what is seen in the videos, it appears he build the sling out of soft silicone tubing and cradled the fish in the center of the loops.

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This discovery, which is published February 5 in the academic journalCatalysis Science & Technology, has the potential to revolutionize the way we capture and store carbon enabling us to significantly reduce CO₂emissions — the key greenhouse gas responsible for climate change.

We tend to associate coral reefs with tropical seas of around 28 degrees, where even slight warming can have devastating effects on corals. But in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, corals survive seawater temperatures of up to 36 degrees Celsius every summer, heat levels that would kill corals elsewhere.

Back in December, we covered the new Reefer Pro line of phone cases and for those of you that do not recall, the Reefer Pro phone cases are a high print quality case that features the aquatic life we keep in our glass boxes.

Sharksucker fish (Remora spp.) are the fish you see stuck to the underside of larger fish, typically sharks, using a special sucker disk on the top of its head.