Marine Biology

Scientists Discover Weird Sensory Organ That Helps Whales Survive

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Video, Animal Anatomy, Marine Life, Biology, Cetaceans, Israel Organs, Oceans, Mammals, Whale Organ, Whales, Animals, Anatomy, Marine Biology, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 05/23/2012 01:11 PM EDT on LiveScience Whales that feed by taking big gulps of the ocean...

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Mutant Frogs, Cleared And Stained

Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Art Meets Science, Brandon Ballengée, Biology, Amphibians, Environmental Art, Ronald Feldman Gallery, Marine Biology, Slidepollajax, Collapse of Fishery, Arts News

Brandon Ballengée is a visual artist and a biologist. It shouldn't be surprising, then, that his photographs and installations involve pressing envir...

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PHOTOS: What I Learned From Working With Dolphins

Maddalena Bearzi | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Book News, Marine Biology Book, Dolphin Pictures, Dolphin Conservation, Dolphin Book, Dolphin Photos, Dolphin Rescue, Dolphin Captivity, Study Dolphins, Slidepollajax, Marine Biology, Books News
Maddalena Bearzi

When I began doing research in my twenties, I had no idea I would gradually become a staunch advocate for dolphin protection. But after spending thousands of hours in the company of these animals, coming to know them better, I stopped seeing dolphins simply as the object of my studies.

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PHOTOS: Deadly Sharks Look Dreamy In Close-Ups Snapped By Biologist

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Animal Attack, Video, Animal Personality, Animal Psychology, Predators, Shark, Shark Attack, Great White Sharks, Marine Biology, Slidepollajax, Sharks, Science News

Do sharks deserve their reputation as vicious man-eaters? Probably not. Last year in the U.S. 29 people were attacked by sharks--none fatally, accordi...

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'Dolphin Mafia' Gangs Rule Cetacean Society

| Virginia Morell | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Video, Animal Social, Strange-Animal-Behavior, Dolphins, Australia, Animal Psychology, Primatology, Dolphin Mafia, Animal Behavior, Mafia, Chimpanzees, Marine Biology, Shark Bay, Dolphin, Science News

The male dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, are known to marine biologists for their messy social entanglements. Their relationships with each other ar...

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Ocean of Possibilities

Marina Vaughan | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Oceans, Chagos, Marine Biology, Great Chagos Bank, Green News
Marina Vaughan

When a group recently embarked upon an expedition to the Chagos Archipelago, I began to think about a fact one hears a lot in the marine conservation space: that we know more about the moon than about the oceans.

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WATCH: Surprising Way Tiny Plankton Avoid Hungry Fish

| Daniel Strain | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Video, Plankton, Biology, Crustacean, Predator Prey, Flying Plankton, Copepod, Animals, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Science News

Plankton bring the flea circus to the ocean. Like flying trapeze artists or tumbling acrobats, these tiniest of marine animals can really soar above t...

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Giant Squid's Basketball-Sized Eyes Serve Life-Saving Function

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Basketball-Sized Eyes, Giant Eyes, Video, Architeuthis, Squid, Giant Squid, Deep Sea, Giant Squid Eyes, Sperm Whale, Zoology, Colossal Squid, Marine Biology, Mollusc, Eyes, Whale, Science News

Giant squid have the largest eyes on Earth, about the size of a basketball—but why do they need such big peepers? So they can see a sperm whale in t...

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Sunday With the Sea Lions

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: New-England-Aquarium, Biology, Sea Lions, Aquarium, Boston, Seals, Science, Oceans, Animals, Marine Biology, Coral Reefs, Ocean, College News
Zoe P. Strassfield

Every now and then, they would roll over to scratch an itch, and then return to lying there serenely with their eyes closed. Those sea lions, I thought, had the right idea about how to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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Are We Helping Jellyfish Take Over? What Study Says

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Jellyfish, Jellyfish Bloom, Ecology, Jellyfish Outbreak, Climate Change, Climate Change Jellyfish, Marine Biology, Marine Ecosystems, Science News

They've shut down power stations and terrorized beachgoers. But does a surge in stories about jellyfish wreaking havoc really point to a man-made surg...

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At the Marine Mammal Center Near San Francisco, Little Miracles Happen Every Day

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Rescue, Elephant Seals, Marine Mammals, Marine Life, San Francisco, Marine Biology, San Francisco Travel, Travel News
Eileen Ogintz

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Is Any College Really the Best One?

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, English, Internships, Film Studies, Experiential Learning, Financial Aid, Acceptance Letters, Choosing a College, College Essays, Marine Biology, Parents and College, Natural Resources, College Applications, Work Experience, Education News
Holly Robinson

Even kids who get into their first choice schools aren't necessarily better off than those who end up with their last.

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Shark Attack RAMPAGE Leads To International Expert Panel

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Red Sea, Marine Biology, Sharm El-Sheikh, Red Sea Resport, Shark Attack, Egypt Shark, Marine Life, Shark, Egypt Resoty, World News

Egypt is hastily assembling an investigative team of marine biologists after a series of shark attacks at a Red Sea resort last week, the BBC is repor...

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WATCH: ENVIRONMENTAL ART: Underwater Sculpture To Help Save Mexican Coral Reef

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jason Decaires Taylor, Artificial Reef, Cancun, Installation Art, Sculpture, United Nations, Environmental Art, Environmentalism, Mexico, Marine Biology, British Artists, Silent Evolution, Cancun Climate Summit, Coral Reefs, Arts News

British artist and avid diver Jason DeCaires Taylor is unwilling to accept the prediction that 80% of coral reefs will be lost by 2050. His latest pro...

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Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore Along Gulf After BP Oil Spill: Oil's Role Unclear

AP | JANET McCONNAUGHEY and BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Dolphins, Animals, Mammals, Porpoises, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oil, Dispersants, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Slick, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Biology, Green News

HORN ISLAND, Miss. — Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related even though other facto...

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Oceanophilia: The Neuroscience of Emotion and the Ocean

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservation, Science, Neuroscience, Emotion, Marine Biology, Impact News
Wallace J Nichols

Let's mine neuroscience to develop a set of powerful conservation tools that educators, advocates, policymakers and scientists can use to better and more deeply engage, inspire and lead people in the restoration and protection of our beloved ocean.

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