Love Life of the Octopus

faunafacts: Crinoid, New Caledonia by Rodolphe Holler

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:23:19 -0400

faunafacts:

Crinoid, New Caledonia by Rodolphe Holler

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:31:00 -0400

explore-blog: In his Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy adds to...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:08:28 -0400

explore-blog:

In his Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy adds to history’s greatest definitions of science and of art.

jtotheizzoe: staceythinx: Some of the many branches of the...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:54:50 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

staceythinx:

Some of the many branches of the nudibranch family tree. Photography by David Doubilet

Every time I see these I’m like “How are these even real?!?”

our-lips-locked: Manta ray by Zanthia on Flickr.

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:50:40 -0500

our-lips-locked:

Manta ray by Zanthia on Flickr.

ghosttwink: Sphaeroidea Outtakes by mrkism on Flickr.

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:23:07 -0400

ghosttwink:

Sphaeroidea Outtakes by mrkism on Flickr.

Photo

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:20:53 -0400

desertstars: I want to live in the overlap (draft) (digital...

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:44:29 -0400

desertstars:

I want to live in the overlap (draft)

(digital media, photos from UCSD Branson, HubbleSite, and art*setter)

explore-blog: Hummingbird and elephant’s femur, 1951, from LIFE...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:32:49 -0400

explore-blog:

Hummingbird and elephant’s femur, 1951, from LIFE magazine’s archival photos of bones by the great Andrewas Feininger.

Also see Patrick Gries and Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu’s stunning black-and-white images of animal skeletons.

jtotheizzoe: Watch helplessly as this mussel is slowly &...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:30:30 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Watch helplessly as this mussel is slowly & inexorably consumed by a sea star. Oh yeah, you’re watching from inside the shell.

This is so cool! You might not know this about sea stars, but certain species have the ability to invert a portion of their stomach and digest their prey from outside their body. If you’re an invertebrate, you can’t exactly crack open a shell the way a bird can.

This sea star pulls open the mussel shell slightly, inserts its stomach and releases a flood of digestive enzymes that dissolve its prey from the inside. You can watch that happen, sped up in the video above.

Sluuuuuuurp.

No word on whether the sea star also releases a white wine/butter sauce.

(via Deep Sea News)

geneticist: Rainbow Eucalyptus trees shed their bark at...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:35:24 -0400

geneticist:

Rainbow Eucalyptus trees shed their bark at different rates, freshly revealed patches will reveal a bright green color, which then darkens to give orange, maroon, and blue colors. (via)

animals-animals-animals: Mimic Octopus (by Daniel, Daniel Kwok)

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:34:00 -0400

animals-animals-animals:

Mimic Octopus (by Daniel, Daniel Kwok)

jtotheizzoe: A Bacterium on a Diatom on an Amphipod I see a lot...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:11:00 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

A Bacterium on a Diatom on an Amphipod
I see a lot of science stuff, and it’s pretty hard to get me to say “wow” … Just kidding, I say it all the time!

Definitely said it when I saw this wonderful representation of the scale differences between the domains of life. In one picture! Just remember, there’s about a trillion of those little bacteria on and in you all the time, just that tiny.

natureofnature: :D

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:56:00 -0400

natureofnature:

:D

mad-as-a-marine-biologist: natureofnature: <3 Ctenophore...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:54:00 -0400

mad-as-a-marine-biologist:

natureofnature:

<3

Ctenophore [Phyla] also known as comb jellies. Their most distinctive feature is the “combs”, groups of cilia they use for swimming, and they are the largest animals that swim by means of cilia – adults of various species range from a few millimeters to 1.5 meters (59 in) in size. Like cnidarians, their bodies consist of a mass of jelly, with one layer of cells on the outside and another lining the internal cavity.

explore-blog: Oh, amazing planet – photographer captures...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:57:24 -0400

explore-blog:

Oh, amazing planet – photographer captures mysterious “crop circle” in Japan’s waters, scientists eventually discover it was the work of a small puffer fish that swims tirelessly day and night to create the astounding “sculpture.”

Meanwhile, underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor is populating the ocean floor with some very intentional art.

Photo

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:05:25 -0400

urhajos: Teo Zirinis

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:36:49 -0400

urhajos:

Teo Zirinis

paperpackages: ugh i love this

Mon, 14 May 2012 04:50:09 -0400

paperpackages:

ugh i love this

#stingraybay #jacksonvillezoo #jacksonville - @littlesisterfry-...

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:32:40 -0400

#stingraybay #jacksonvillezoo #jacksonville - @littlesisterfry- #webstagram