Shark teeth are black because they absorb color from minerals during fossilization.
Marine Biology
Get ready to hunt for sharks! Shark terms that is. This shark word search puzzle contains vocabulary words associated with sharks and shark breed names. Find the words horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Click the image above for full-sized version of the puzzle, or download a PDF for easier printing. If […]
Shark Word Search
The Irukandji jellyfish is a tiny box jellyfish found mainly in the waters around Northern Australia. This jellyfish is also known to be a little ball of big pain. Like many Australian animals, they are extremely venomous. The Irukandji is so venomous, its sting effects has its own name: Irukandji […]
Jellyfish Blooms May Be Predictable
Norwegian scientists have found you don’t want to tease rainbow trout by withholding treats. They conditioned the fish to expect a shrimp treat when they see a visual light cue. They then paired up the fish with a large difference in size. When the researchers withheld the snack, the fish turned […]
Don’t Tease The Little Fish
NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer stumbled across an interesting ecosystem during a recent dive in the Gulf of Mexico. At 1,900 meters side sonar detected several large objects, so they sent the rover to investigate. What they found were large rocks shaped like large flowers. The ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) had found an […]
“Tar Lilies” And Asphalt Ecosystem Found In Gulf Of Mexico
In the 1960s, submariners patrolling the Southern Oceans around Antarctica heard a sound they had never heard before. Since it sounded a little like an underwater duck, they tagged the sound “bio-duck”. Over the years, bio-duck has been recorded many times but the source was never positively identified. Here is […]