The Leatherback turtle
With sizes ranging up to 2 metres long, the Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea, is the largest of any turtle, and…
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Breathe in… and breathe out
The average human can hold their breath for up to 1 minute (O’Connor, 2013) without training and professional freedivers can…
Is the Great White Shark really as dangerous as we all think?
In this essay I shall be looking at why the Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) has become such a notorious…
Glaucus atlanticus
I first gained interest in researching about Glaucus atlanticus when I was researching about the Portuguese Man O’ War (Physalia physalis)…
Hydrological optics and light capture in the aquatic enviroment.
This essay shall discuss hydrological optics, how light behaves in water, and light capture in particular the package effect and…
Great White Shark VS Saltwater Crocodile
Although rare, it is certainly not unheard of for humans to be attacked by aquatic animals. The question is, what…
Creative design in an extreme clime for a limited time, the Antarctic Ice fish
(Fig 1, Chaenocephalus aceratus, a member of the family Channichthydiea, commonly known as the Antarctic Ice fish, http://afg.scarmarbin.be/system/images/44/gallery/chionodraco-hamatus-3-jpg.jpg?1290183825 Introduction…
The Galapagos Marine Iguana
Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) are a herbivorous reptile found exclusively on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America.…
A lucrative lobster: Homarus gammarus
The nephropidae family comprises of three species of lobster belonging to the genus Homarus: Homarus capensis, Homarus americanus, and Homarus gammarus. The…
Kelp Forests and Keystone Species
The macroalgae commonly known as “kelp” is a brown macroalgae belonging to the order Laminariales. Kelp often dominates subtidal zones…