WRITER Tara Haelle
Sound travels farther in water than it does in the air, and acoustics are an important aspect of daily life for marine creatures ranging from whales to coral. In addition […]
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The Marine Science Institute’s monthly column, Science and the SeaTM, is an informative and entertaining article that explains many interesting features of the marine environment and the creatures that live there. Science and the SeaTM articles appear monthly in one of Texas’ most widely read fishing magazines, Texas Saltwater Fishing, the Port Aransas South Jetty newspaper, the Flour Bluff News, the Island Moon newspaper, and the Padre Island & Port A Living magazine. Our article archive is available also on our website.
WRITER Tara Haelle
It’s been 100 years since people discovered the existence of the colossal squid, known by its scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, when a scientist found pieces of two huge squids in […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
Have you ever heard of “mosquito ringtones”? They’re phone ringtones that teens can easily hear but the frequency is too high for adults to hear, since humans naturally start losing the […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
One of the most famous symbiotic relationships in the animal kingdom is the clownfish and its anemone. Symbiosis is the close association between two different species where at least one […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
If you thought dating other humans was complicated, wait until you hear about the complex courtship behaviors of wild leopard seals. These apex predators are the second largest Antarctic seal […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
It’s harder to imagine a more hostile environment on Earth than the ocean’s hadal zone. Named after Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld, the hadal zone is the deepest […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
Take a moment to imagine what you think is the largest sea creature on Earth. How big is it? Are you thinking of the blue whale? At somewhere between 80 […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
When Pinocchio and his father, Geppetto, were swallowed by a whale, they started a fire to make the whale sneeze them out. That’s not exactly the strategy that juvenile Japanese […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
Sea otters, dolphins, crows, elephants, octopuses, crocodiles—these animals, like humans, use tools for a variety of activities, from eating and drinking, to grooming and play, to combat and communication. But […]
WRITER Tara Haelle
From the front, dragonfish look about as terrifying as their mythological namesakes likely appeared to the knights in ancient tales. Sleek, slender, and quite small at about 20 inches long, […]