Author: John C
These deep-sea tube-dwellers have mastered the art of feasting on the bones of sunken whale carcasses. They secrete acid that dissolves the bone, while symbiotic bacteria aid in digesting …
I like my stuff like I like my friends: cool, smart, funny, and pretty nerdy. And while my hometown of New London does a good job of providing me …
ALT ALT ALT Teri Nicholson, senior research biologist at Monterey Bay Aquarium, has an otterly important job studying sea otters along the California coast. Southern sea otters are the …
Based out of Fort Worth, Texas, I’ve been a hobbyist for more than 13 years. I enjoy helping others via my two websites melevsreef.com & reefaddicts.com. These feature articles, …
These crabs roam along the seafloor on their long limber legs, which can span up to 12 feet from claw to claw! These slow-moving scavengers spend much of their …
Check out these beautiful photos by Nico Bachmann, known on Facebook as SeaMonkey Sees. He works full time as scuba instructor and specializes in fish ID and ecology, currently …
mbari-blog: Like spiders on land, sea spiders—also known as pycnogonids—come in a range of sizes and appearances. They’re widespread and occur across a variety of ocean environments. The deep …
Small eyes look out from the safety of a parent’s mouth: but do cardinalfishes pay the price for good parenting? A male brooding Cheilodipterus sp. Photo: Rudie Kuiter. Press …
A Spanish seafood company, Nueva Pescanova plans to build the world’s first octopus farm along a dock in the Canary Islands, at the Port of Las Palmas on Gran …
These deep-sea denizens are echinoderms, a group that includes sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and kin. The brilliant basket stars boast a compact body and long …
