SWIMMING HELPS SIMULATED TURTLES STAY ON COURSE   Pitched against the mighty North Atlantic, it would seem that newly hatched loggerhead turtles would stand little chance of influencing their destiny. Perceived wisdom held that after swimming from their home beach the youngsters got picked up by the powerful currents circulating in the North Atlantic, where they could spend as much [...]

New study shows continued decline in the last remaining stronghold for leatherback sea turtles   Critically endangered leatherback sea turtle populations in the western Pacific Ocean may be losing their last foothold of survival on the beaches of Indonesia, according to a paper published today in the scientific journal Ecosphere by an international group of scientists. Researchers from the State [...]

We have iPhones they have rocks evolution in motion. Watch Video more info after the wave:   ~~~~~~~~~~ The first video of tool use by a fish has been published in the journal Coral Reefs by Giacomo Bernardi, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Bernardi shot the video in Palau in 2009. “What the movie [...]

Ziphius There Is An App For That! Give it to the Portuguese, a once powerful maritime nation, to bring to us the coolest and the first water drone in the Mundo. After watching the videos of this hydrospeeder-drone-meets-Tamagotchi, I have to admit I want one. Not only is this thing fast and cute, but it has an onboard HD camera [...]

Suppose you’re walking along the beach and you see a jellyfish washed up on the sand. Then you see another and then another. It’s a jellyfish invasion! What do you do? Who do you call? If MBARI researcher Steve Haddock has his way, you’ll take some photos and maybe a few notes, and send them in to his new Jellywatch [...]

Critter cams have to be the coolest thing ever to happen in the field of biology and research. As far as entertainment goes, it beats watching Honey Boo Boo and the Kardshian’s nonsense. So seat down relax, shut off the TV and be prepared for real entertainment! Blue whales know how to have fun while feeding, opening their gargantuan mouth [...]

and the implications for human healing Scientists at The University of Manchester have made a surprising finding after studying how tadpoles re-grow their tails which could have big implications for research into human healing and regeneration. It is generally appreciated that frogs and salamanders have remarkable regenerative capacities, in contrast to mammals, including humans. For example, if a tadpole loses [...]

As we are all seating in the comfort of our life, here is what is happening now in the life of a Grey Whale while migrating south to their mating and calving grounds here is their journey: click to enlarge and the challenges met along the long way down:  

About 100 years ago, marine biologists hauled the first vampire squid up from the depths of the sea. Since that time, perhaps a dozen scientific papers have been published on this mysterious animal, but no one has been able to figure out exactly what it eats.

Zinc a likely life-saver in victims of lethal stings from the Australian box jellyfish Box jellyfish of the Chironex species are among the most venomous animals in the world, capable of killing humans with their sting. Their venom, though, which kills by rapidly punching holes in human red blood cells, can be slowed down by administering zinc, according to research [...]