A young black tip in the Indian Ocean Climate change really is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to piling gloomy scenarios upon even gloomier scenarios. Several days ago, a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports chronicles how sharks can be born too early and too young [...]
Welcome back to another episode of my ongoing series, "The Eye [...]
"Scientists are seeing the Australian platypus in a whole new light. Under an ultraviolet lamp, this bizarre-looking creature appears even more peculiar than normal, glowing a soft, greenish-blue hue instead of the typical brown we're used to seeing. 'Biofluorescence has now been observed in [...]
We are psyched to share that BBC Outlook has released an audio interview on the origins of Coral Morphologic and the long road to our latest project, the Coral City [...]
While working on a few posts about camouflage in fish, I came across a fascinating news release about just how black deep sea fish can be. The research, led by scientists from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, found sixteen unrelated species of fish with skin so black [...]
I've just completed a post about Lionfish and their status in the Mediterranean and I thought I might look at a few other species of note that have made the journey from the Indo-Pacific region to the shores of Europe and North Africa. When the Med was connected to the Red Sea and the [...]
According to a new study, Lionfish are now well-established in the waters around the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is only eight years since Lionfish (Pterois miles) were recorded off the coast of Cyprus. Since then, according to research carried out by teams including scientists from [...]
