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7 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

Mantis Shrimp Smash!

by Gisela Telis

Unique structure allows crustaceans to keep pummeling their prey without damage to themselves

5 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

A Peek Inside the Manta Ray Womb

by Helen Fields

Ultrasound reveals for the first time how manta ray embryos breathe without a placenta

24 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Hitchhikers From the Deep

by Sid Perkins

Researchers may be inadvertently transferring deep-sea creatures from one hydrothermal vent system to another

23 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Razor Clams Create Quicksand to Burrow

by Jane J. Lee

Water-sediment mix reduces drag on bivalve shells

22 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Killer Whales Working Harder for Lunch?

by Erik Stokstad

Mysterious disappearances may be due to competition with fishery

21 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Pigment Preserved in 162-Million-Year-Old Fossils

by Sid Perkins

Study finds traces of ancient ink

17 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

Barely Breathing Microbes Still Living in 86-Million-Year-Old Clay

by Erin Loury

Organisms deep beneath the sea floor survive on minuscule amounts of oxygen

9 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

Video: Brittle Star Walks Like a Man

by Gisela Telis

Five-limbed starfish cousin goes bilateral when on the move

9 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Turtle Power! Tiny Flippers Keep Hatchlings on Course

by Daniel Cossins

Even a small amount of swimming helps young turtles find their way around the ocean

8 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

Ocean Trash Is a Lifesaver for Insect

by Daniel Strain

"Great Pacific Garbage Patch" provides new nests for bugs, but impact on ecosystem is unclear

20 April 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: No Letup in World's Warming

by Richard A. Kerr

Oceans continue to soak up most of our greenhouse heat

18 April 2012 | ScienceNOW

Hanging Out at an Ancient Oasis

by Sid Perkins

Ancient octopus kin lived entire lives at "methane seeps" on sea floor

9 April 2012 | ScienceNOW

Fishing for Fluid Dynamics

by Erin Loury

Movement of fishermen's nets helps untangle water flow patterns in an Italian lake

19 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Oceans of the Future

by Erik Stokstad and Sarah Crespi

Will there be fish on the menu 100 years from now?

19 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Global Fisheries Deals: What’s the Catch?

by Jane J. Lee

Some fishing agreements between developed and undeveloped countries are not what they seem

19 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Evolution Under Pressure

by Kerry Klein

What is happening in the deep, dark depths of the sea?

17 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

The Carbon Footprint of a Shrimp Cocktail

by Erik Stokstad

It's worse than you thought, if the shrimp come from farms that destroyed mangroves

14 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Alien Worlds at the Bottom of the Sea

by Jane J. Lee

Talk with experts about the evolution of life in deep, dark places

12 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: The Future of the World's Oceans

by Erik Stokstad

Chat with experts about the fate of our seas

1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Big Storms Roil Even the Deep Ocean

by Daniel Strain

Following a major tempest, swift currents carry sand and nutrients to normally tranquil deep-sea habitats

10 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Video: World's Deepest Hydrothermal Vents

by Sid Perkins

Sea-floor openings are nearly 5000 meters down, swarm with new species

5 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Climate Machine: Steady as She Goes

by Richard A. Kerr

Forecasters see the Atlantic's warm "conveyor belt" running steadily years into the future

6 December 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: A Sense for Supper

by Traci Watson

Tiny crustaceans have an unusual way to detect dinner

23 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Video: A Robot Jellyfish, New and Improved

by Daniel Strain

Engineers craft a speedier robot with a design based on a moon jellyfish

22 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: The World's First 'Invisible' Couple

by Traci Watson

Cichlid fish form pair bonds that are impossible to spot with the human eye

10 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Shrimp Massacre at Coral Point

by Sarah C. P. Williams

One breed of crustacean turns vicious when it comes to defending monogamy

10 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Blue Light Turns an Octopus Red

by Carolyn Gramling

Camouflage protects cephalopods from bioluminescent "searchlights"

8 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Millipede of the Seas

by Traci Watson

500-million-year-old footprints point to curious creature

28 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Annoying Sounds, Washer Lint, and Pushing Objects With Light

by David Grimm and Kerry Klein

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

25 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Killer Whale Spa Vacation

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Mid-sized cetaceans swim to warmer waters, possibly to rejuvenate their skin

25 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Crabs Fist Pump Their Way to Romance

by Daniel Strain

Fiddler crabs try to out-wave their rivals in order to attract passing mates

20 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Humpbacks Make a Comeback

by Virginia Morell

Numbers have dramatically risen in the North Pacific

10 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

Snails Ship Out on Scrambled Eggs

by Daniel Strain

Bobbing invertebrates build their mucus life rafts from ancestral reproductive structures

4 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Irrigation Raises Sea Levels

by Sid Perkins

Ground water extractions pull immense volumes of water from deep underground and dump it into the oceans

25 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: In a Scrape

by Sid Perkins

Antarctic sea floor increasingly scoured by icebergs

23 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Squid Mating Habits, a Dinosaur Extinction Controversy, and More

by Daniel Strain and Kerry Klein

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

20 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: A Whale Tête-à-Tête in the Northwest Passage

by Sara Reardon

Melting sea ice allows four tagged bowhead whales to cross into northern Canadian straits

8 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: King Crab Invasion

by Sid Perkins

Warming waters could render larger parts of Antarctica's continental shelf habitable for crustaceans

31 August 2011 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Saving Coral Reefs

by Daniel Strain

Ask experts about the dangers facing reef ecosystems and the possibilities for restoration

16 August 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: CO₂ Makes Fish Dumb

by Sara Reardon

Elevated levels of the greenhouse gas prevent a particular species from knowing its left from its right

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