What’s in a name?
You may have noticed that this blog has a rather bizarre name, surely something silly made up by me you’d think. Well the truth is when I was trying to come up with… Continue reading
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Species profile: Flaming Prawn Goby
The flaming prawn goby (Discordipinna griessingeri) may well just be the most beautifully frustrating fish I’ve ever kept. Without doubt, it is one of the most stunning fish you can get for… Continue reading
Manipulating polarisation for a better view
Wow, haven’t I been ignoring this blog for a while?! I have had quite a busy year, and unfortunately blogging took a back seat for a while. In the summer I successfully submitted… Continue reading
Conservation Physiology: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Protecting Species
The way in which an animal moves is essential to its survival. Hunting, escaping, migrating and mating are all made possible through the various locomotor strategies that animals employ. As a biomechanist, I… Continue reading
Visualising the Footprints of Ocean Swimmers
Dr Kakani Katija is a bioengineer who works as a postdoctoral fellow at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Her work involves the study of how marine organisms interact with their environment, more specifically, she… Continue reading
Researchers get closer to Sharks with REMUS SharkCam
Dramatic footage of great white sharks attacking an underwater camera has recently gone viral across the internet. Filmed in 2013, the videos give a glimpse into the underwater hunting techniques employed by… Continue reading
Stunning Footage Captures Blue Whale Feeding
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably been fully engrossed with David Attenborough’s latest romp into the natural world, ‘The Hunt’. If you tuned in last night, you would’ve been treated the episode… Continue reading
Pico Reef Latest
It’s been a while since the last update on the tank, so I thought I’d catch everyone up. Unfortunately I had a bit of a mysterious die off about a month ago, I… Continue reading
A rare glimpse into the world of the ocean sunfish
Sometimes I see a creature in the ocean and just think to myself, “go home evolution, you’re drunk”. This is certainly the case when I look at the ocean sunfish. The largest bony… Continue reading
Product Review: Tunze nano care magnet 220.010
Far too often the only thing ruining a lovely view of your painstakingly cared for aquarium is the unsightly presence of algae covering the sides of the tank. It is an issue that I… Continue reading
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