Biologists in New Zealand have found around 100 new species after exploring a rift some 5 kilometers beneath the sea. The organisms include some that scientists can't even identify, as well as a strange... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 3 weeks ago • 234 views • 2:07

Alaska has cancelled this year's snow crab harvest for the first time ever after 90% of the snow crabs disappeared. BILLIONS of snow crabs vanished from the Bering Sea. By why? Why did billions of crabs... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years ago • 106 views • 11:29

This strange creature was only discovered by marine biologists in 2007 during a deep water expedition. Teuthidodrilus, commonly known as the "Squidworm", is just as flamboyant as it is strange in appearance.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 779 views • 3:38

Scientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVG8wptOOI https://youtu.be/XLI7VtjgOyk ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 171 views • 57 secs

YT: Two: the inside and the outside (badum tshh)! But taking a more scientific approach, do bananas actually have 5 sides like all the pub quizzes say? Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist... continue reading

posted by Zawash 5 years 8 months ago • 53 views • 10:07

YouTube: There's a lot about sleep that we don't understand, like why we even sleep in the first place, for example. Here are some amazing discoveries biologists have made while trying to solve the mystery... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 151 views • 10:35

Via YouTube: Fewer than three dozen Gobi bears survive in the Gobi Desert, a harsh landscape that stretches from Mongolia into China. Journalist and wildlife biologist Douglas Chadwick describes the efforts... continue reading

posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 347 views • 5:25

Via YouTube: Any molecular biologist will tell you that genetic engineering is tricky. But up until recently we might be witnessing a new age in human development.

posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 2 months ago • 181 views • 8:39

For years marine biologists have puzzled over what the mysterious vampire squid eats. Recent research by Henk-Jan Hoving and Bruce Robison at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute finally reveals... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 6 months ago • 957 views • 4:33

Do you see what I see? YouTube: Scientists may understand how the eye works, but seeing what other animals see is another matter entirely. Learn how eyes evolved, and find out which animal's eye biologist... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 447 views • 2:43