Sizing Ocean Giants – Page 2 – The Story of Size

Murder in Cold Blood by a Gelatinous Miscreant

Have you ever read about the “Adventure of the Lion’s Mane”? In the story, Sherlock Holmes is enjoying his retirement in a sandy beach in…

For the past two months, I’ve been trying to answer one question: Why am I trying to learn more about the Tridacna? And then I…

1. Great Whites are stealthy. Step one to avoid being eaten by zombies – don’t let them see you in the first place! A great…

Sixty million is a big number. And $60 million dollars is a LOT of money, despite only being 0.00035% of the national debt of the…

What do elephant seals and Darth Vader have in common? Other than both of them commanding your intimidation and awe, invoking both a little fear…

Don’t ride an ocean sunfish. I’m sorry, but why would you ever thinking getting on top of a big fish is a good idea? It…

For those who have seen elephant seals up close and personal, there is no questioning the fact that elephant seals are not afraid to put…

As part of Sizing Ocean Giants, I asked students last week to generate LOLCat style memes for their study organisms. The Rules: It must include…

Sixty million times. That’s really big, but just how big? 60 million kilometers is almost half the distance from the Earth to the sun 60…

I can clearly remember the day that I saw Finding Nemo. I was eleven years old, and when Bruce the shark appeared on the screen,…