Sailfish Hunting

Video Credit - BBC Worldwide

Here's a link to a great article from Scientific American on the dexterity of sailfish.

Scientific American - Sailfish

The Gulf of St. Lawrence

Map credit - ESRI

Great article from National Geographic on the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the Canadian Maritimes.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/gulf-of-st-lawrence/dunn-text

Killer Sponges...

No, silly, not the sponge sitting next to your kitchen sink.  Real sponges.

Researches from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, after discovering a carnivorous sponge a few years ago, have discovered four more.  The discoveries were made using an ROV.

The video appears below.  Very cool.

Turtle Tots

Hawksbill Sea Turtle.  Image Credit - National Geographic

No, the title should not be 'tater tots.'  A long mysterious portion of sea turtles' life cycles has finally had some light shed on it.  I find sea turtles and their evolution one of the most fascinating topics in marine biology.  And they're really graceful in the water, too.

Well, we don't know much about their years between hatching and the reaching of sexual maturity.  This study/experiment has given us more insight as to what happens.

Check out this brief article from Discover:
Discover Blog - Newborn Turtles

Awesome Picture

Take a look at this amazing picture, courtesy of James Morgan, Cunard Line.

It's a picture of the ship's captain standing on its bulbous bow.  A bulbous bow decreases drag on the ship and achieves a higher fuel efficiency.

Here's the link to the article, which has some additional pictures:
http://twistedsifter.com/2014/04/standing-on-the-bulbous-bow-of-queen-mary-2/