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Shrinking fish, shipstrikes, and tracking Putin by wildlife. Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 24th, 2017

Posted on August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Watch this basking shark feed in a video from Basking Shark Scotland

    Video by Basking Shark Scotland
  • Follow Ting-Chun Kuo, a seahorse conservationist who just defended her Ph.D., on twitter!
  • Climate change is shrinking fish. By Craig Welch, for National Geographic.
  • More whales are dying from shipstrikes then previously believed, because some sink. By KCBS news.
  • Scientists attached cameras to penguins. Here’s what they found. By Sarah Gibbens, for National Geographic

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Monday Morning Salvage: February 6, 2017

Posted on February 6, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
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Bringing you the best of marine science and conservation from the last week.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • The ridiculous, extensible jaw and neck joint of a Barbeled Dragonfish.

  • Deep-Sea Fishes That Are Built to Eat Big.

Jetsam (what we’re enjoying from around the web)

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Thursday Afternoon Dredging: December 22nd, 2016

Posted on December 22, 2016 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

  • Watch this hammerhead shark hunt and catch a stingray, from “Hunting the Hammerhead” on the Smithsonian Channel
From the Smithsonian Channel's "Hunting the Hammerhead"
From the Smithsonian Channel’s “Hunting the Hammerhead”
  • Follow Dr. Mariana Fuentes @Fuentes_MMPB, a Florida State University marine megafauna researcher, on twitter! Follow her for updates from her research, which involves sharks and sea turtles.
  • Check out my interview on the Speak up for Blue ocean science and conservation podcast!

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#SciFund Returns: Seahorse Adventures

Posted on May 2, 2012 By Andrew Thaler
Science

#SciFund, a month long initiative to raise funds for a variety of scientific research projects, is once again upon us. Project leaders post a project description and an appeal for funds, and members of the public are invited to make small donations to projects that they deem worthy. Donations come with rewards such as access to … Read More “#SciFund Returns: Seahorse Adventures” »

Saving Nemo: 1 out of 6 species that appear in Finding Nemo are threatened with extinction

Posted on December 12, 2011December 13, 2011 By David Shiffman 3 Comments on Saving Nemo: 1 out of 6 species that appear in Finding Nemo are threatened with extinction
Conservation, Popular Culture, Science

WhySharksMatter found Nemo at Disney's Living Seas Aquarium

Like most marine biology geeks, I’m a huge fan of Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Nemo”. In addition to a heartwarming story of a father trying to bring his son home to their aneme…anemeneme… amenememe… anemone,  the film showcases an enormous variety of beautiful real-life coral reef species. According to  research published today in Conservation Letters, however, we may soon only be able to see some of these animals in the movies. The paper, titled “Extinction Risk and Bottlenecks in the Conservation of Charismatic Marine Species”, concluded that many of the stars of Finding Nemo are in deep trouble.

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Non-Monophyly within Syngnathidae

Posted on September 16, 2010December 6, 2011 By Andrew Thaler 2 Comments on Non-Monophyly within Syngnathidae
Non-Monophyly within Syngnathidae
Science

ResearchBlogging.org

Objective 1: Develop the least publicly accessible title for a blog post about seadragons, mate selection, and evolution

Objective 1 Status: complete

Objective 2: Draw in whatever readers push passed the unwieldy title with an unconventional narrative structure.

Objective 2 Status: complete

Objective 3: Hook the reader with a fascinating, though brief, background on seahorses, seadragons, and pipefish.

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