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Watch this incredible footage of blue whales lunge-feeding on krill off the coast of San Diego, California.
Read it »Sea dragons, sea horses, and pipefish are the only species on earth whose males experience pregnancy and give birth. For the first time since bringing sea dragons to the Birch Aquarium in 1996, a female sea dragon has transferred a large number of eggs to a male. The male sea dragon is now carrying about […]
Read it »With a 90% success rate, seahorses are more effective hunters than Great White sharks. It’s all because of their remarkable adaptations which give them a number of tools to survive.
Read it »Below 400 meters, food becomes extremely scarce in the ocean. This creates a very predatory environment as creatures must compete for food. Deep sea gigantism may be an evolutionary adaptation to eliminate predators. But it gets more interesting. Their large size means they have a very slow metabolism. That means they don’t actually need to […]
Read it »People wonder if the megalodon could still be lurking in the depths of the ocean. Learn why this massive, prehistoric shark definitely went extinct.
Read it »This video has a really cool explanation of the evolution of ocean predators and the origin of the shark. Learn about the insane biology of the hammerhead shark.
Read it »Jellyfish are older than dinosaurs. And they aren’t really fish. They are a zooplankton — animals that drift in the ocean. There are more than 1000 species of jellyfish and they are wildly diverse. Learn how they’ve existed for so long.
Read it »In a case of scientific discovery happening right in front of us, endangered California Condors have hatched chicks without a mate. Researchers have written about two observed cases of parthenogenesis in the species. This explanation also discusses whale poop. It’s a twist!
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