Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), a small shark species, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. Credit: Etty Bachar-Wikström Sharks exhibit a remarkable ability to heal…
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A pygmy zebra octopus hatchling in the Cephalopod Mariculture Lab at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. These octopuses are about the size of a…
The common cuttlefish is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. Credit: © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and…
Coscinodiscus wailesii diatom with attached Pseudovorticella coscinodisci ciliate epibionts. Streak lines were derived from flows generated by the ciliate epibionts. The source video was captured…
A glasswing butterfly feeding at flowers in Costa Rica. The remarkable transparency of these butterflies allows them to be “invisible,” and the antiglare coating of…
The common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. Credit: Roger Hanlon Much like the popular TikTok challenge where kids resist eating snacks, cuttlefish can do the same! Cuttlefish…
Injection of CRISPR solution into crustacean embryos (Parhyale hawaiiensis). Credit: Heather Bruce It sounds like a “Just So Story” — “How the Insect Got its…
Polychaete worm, Tomopteris, with setae moving on each side of the body in metachronal waves. Credit: Sean Colin When you think of swimming, you probably…
Doryteuthis pealeii, often called the Woods Hole squid. Studies with D. pealeii have led to major advances in neurobiology, including description of the fundamental mechanisms…
Hydrocarbon seep in the southern Gulf of Mexico emitting a viscous petroleum, much like asphalt. Hydrocarbons serve as an energy source for microbes and in…
Revealing yet another super-power in the skillful squid, scientists have discovered that squid massively edit their own genetic instructions not only within the nucleus of…
How did the monstrous giant squid – reaching school-bus size, with eyes as big as dinner plates and tentacles that can snatch prey 10 yards…
The structure of microbial communities colonizing microplastics collected from the North Atlantic Ocean (Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole, Mass.) This image reveals the phylogenetic affiliations of…