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The largest animal in the ocean during the Early Ordovician was actually a shrimp ancestor from what is modern-day Morocco: Aegirocassis benmoulae. (Photo Credit: Aegirocassis benmoulae by Nobu Tamura is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

No Oxymoron Here: Shrimp Was Largest Creature

April 17, 2015

By Earl Filskov April 17, 2015 Butterflies, cockroaches, spiders, horseshoe crabs and lobsters are known […]

On December 4, 2006, Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid alive. Credit: Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Museum of Nature and Science of Japan/AP

The Giant Squid: Separating Myth from Facts

April 8, 2015

By Shauna Bennett April 8, 2015 Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far […]

Researchers in Antarctica with the Deep-SCINI rover. (Photo credit: Linuxgizmos.com)

Ice Cold: Living Under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

April 1, 2015

By Earl Filskov April 1, 2015 When drilling a hole almost 2,500 feet (740m) through the […]

Why The Super Fins Supports John Hargrove

March 31, 2015

By Scott Rowan March 31, 2015 When I started The Super Fins, one of the […]

Diver over walls at Pavlopetri © BBC/Jon Henderson

Pavlopetri: Submarine City of Wonder

March 31, 2015

By Maria Fernanda Pereira Ywazaki March 31, 2015 In 1967 English archeologist Nicholas Flemming discovered […]

Notothenioid fish under Antarctic use have developed some unusual ways to avoid freezing. (Photo credit: Icefish larvae by Uwe Kils is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 photo resized)

Meet the Notothenioid Fish: Antarctic Icefish Uses Antifreeze in Blood to Survive

March 25, 2015

By Shauna Bennett March 25, 2015, 4:23 p.m. Near Antarctica, the seawaters are congested with […]

The viper fish uses bioluminescence to draw prey close enough to use its infamously large fangs to eat them. Notice how their teeth are so large they cannot fit inside their skull. (Photo credit: viper fish by AnimalJam.Wikia)

Predatory Deception: Bioluminescence, Camouflage Lure Prey to Dinner

March 24, 2015

By Amber Friend March 24, 2015, 9:01 a.m. Underwater predators use many tricky methods to […]

The official poster for Earth Hour 2015. (Photo credit: Earth Hour poster by EarthHour.orgis licensed under CC BY-AS 2.0.)

Earth Hour 2015: People Around the World Unite to Protect the Planet

March 23, 2015

By Amber Friend March 23, 2015; 12:28 p.m. On March 28, 2015, at 8:30 pm […]

The inia araguaiaensis was recently determined to be a unique species, similar but different than its cousins the Amazonian and Bolivian river dolphins. (Photo credit: Inia araguaiaensis by Jorge Andrade is licensed under CC BY-AS 3.0 and is resized.)

Araguaian River Dolphin: New Discovery and Already Endangered (Inia araguaiaensis)

March 22, 2015

By Earl Filskov March 22, 2015, 11:15 a.m. We know so little about the planet […]

The bull shark (carcharhinus leucas) has valid claims to be the most dangerous shark in ALL waters. (Bull shark photo by Albert Kok is licensed under CC BY 2.0).

Bull Shark (carcharhinus leucas) Is The Real Bad Boy of The Ocean

March 16, 2015

By Earl Filskov March 16, 2015; 6:57 p.m. There are currently 368 known species of […]

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