Glow in the dark sharks! How and why are chaincat sharks biofluorescent?
Biofluorescence is an incredible phenomenon that many ocean organism experience, the term is often exchanged for “glowing in the dark”.…
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Basking Sharks in Warming Waters
Basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) are a filter feeding species of shark, pumping plankton-rich water through their gill rakers to feed.…
Seas under attack from walnuts (Mnemiopsis leidyi).
The sea walnut is a species of ctenophore or better know as a comb jelly and they are terrorizing seas…
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) On The Verge Of Extinction!
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) Is the world’s smallest and most endangered cetacean alive today with current figures estimating less than…
Why do orcas have various hunting methods?
Orcas (orcinus orca) are one of the most successful, long living hunters and the largest apex predator in the ocean…
The Leatherback turtle
With sizes ranging up to 2 metres long, the Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea, is the largest of any turtle, and…
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…