The Sea Slug That Steals Chloroplasts From Its Food
A tiny sea slug bites into an alga, sucks out its cellular contents and digests much of what it consumes. But some of the algal chloroplasts escape immediate destruction. Instead, …
Ocean Wildlife
The Barreleye Fish Sees Through Its Transparent Head
At first glance, the barreleye fish seems to have a fairly ordinary deep-sea face. Two small dark spots sit above its mouth, looking exactly where eyes ought to be. But …
How Hagfish Use Slime as Their Main Defense
A shark closes its jaws around what looks like an easy meal: a soft-bodied, eel-shaped hagfish. Then, almost instantly, the predator’s mouth fills with a strange fibrous slime. The material …
The Humpback Whale: How Bubble Nets Turn a Pod Into a Hunting Team
Among the largest animals on Earth, humpback whales are famous for spectacular breaches, haunting songs, and some of the longest migrations in the animal kingdom. Yet one of their most …