Author: Advanced Aquarist

3d printed cityscapes for your favorite hermit crab.Artist Aki Inomata took Project Shellter and hand-blown glass hermit crab shells to the next level,... Read more.

a Terpios hoshinota overgrowing large patches of coral colonies at the reef of Dapur Island, off Jakarta, Java, August 2, 2011 (5°55′22.8″S, 106°43′23.0″E).... Read more.

Illustration by Santtu Mustonen. Background photo courtesy of the NOAA.The sponge’s name is Smenospongia aurea. It ranges from a tan to green coloration... Read more.

.First of all, what is TONMOCON?  TONMOCON is a biannual conference where cephalopod lovers come together to share information about cephalopods... Read more.

Student team members from the Virginia Tech’s National Science Foundation Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) test a 5-foot wide jellyfish-like... Read more.

According to a recent paper in Marine Policy, researchers place the number of sharks finned each year at 100 million, almost three per second. In contrast, sharks... Read more.

Squid in a fish market. Photo by Jeremy Keith / Flickr.The squid in question measured 3 feet long and was caught off Guangdong province, China, by local... Read more.

Photo and MRI scan reveals anatomy of two-headed shark. Credit: Michael Wagner, MSUThe above specimen was found in an adult bull shark by fishermen in... Read more.

A frontal view of Bathynomus giganteus, showing its large, highly reflective compound eyes. Photo Wikipedia.Deep-sea isopods look a lot like the every... Read more.