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Amateur Plankton Nets: Capture Marine Planktonic Organisms to Watch or Photograph Swimming

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Flying Fish: Escape Predators by Gliding Flight

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Pilot Whales: Cheetahs of the Deep Hunt Squid in High Speed Chases

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Coral Reef Cleaner Fish: Pacific Ocean Wrasse Dances to Attract Clients

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Whale Evolution and Classification: Characteristic Shared Between Cetacean Species

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Whale Brain and Intelligence: Behaviour Song Communication Suggest Complex Thinking

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Whale Identification: Whales Recognise One Another - Humans Identify Species, Individuals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

East Pacific Gray Whales: Atlantic Population Extinct, Asian Critically Endangered

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Pacific Grunt Sculpin: A Fish Suitable for the Aquarium and the Pacific Rim Biotope Tank

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Antarctic Krill Feed Giant Whales: Short Food Chains Allow Efficient Feeding

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

The Largest Whale: Blue Whales Eat Small Planktonic Animals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

White Whales: Belugas and Narwhals Fish Arctic Waters

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Sperm Whales: Dive Like Submarines to Catch Giant Squid

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Humpback Whales: Catching Fish Using Bubble-Nets

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Right Whales: Marine Mammals Endangered by Whaling

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Killer Whales: Intelligent Hunters with Complex Social Lives

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Copepods: Marine Crustaceans that Eat Phytoplankton and Feed Fish

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Insects: Ocean Striders Skate Over Tropical Seas

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Risso’s Dolphin and Pelorus Jack: Grampus griseus Eats Squid and Bears Their Scars

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Seasonal Shellfish Ideas: Christmas Menus for Oysters and Lobsters

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Sea Otters: Kelp Management Specialists Hunted to the Edge of Extinction

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Penguins: Marine Birds of the Southern Hemisphere

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Sea Spiders: Pycnogonids are Predatory Marine Arthropods

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Barnacles: Permanently Attached and Parasitic Cirripedes

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Plant Life: Phytoplankton Feed Most Marine Animals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Animal Life: Echinoderms Coelenterates Sponges Vertebrates and Other Phyla

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Marine Mammals: Dolphins Porpoises Whales Dugongs and Seals

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Allis Shad: Needs Clean Cool Water to Spawn

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

The Giant Triton: is a favourite of shell-collectors.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Cowries: Collected for their Beauty.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Mantis Shrimp: an interesting crustacean to keep in a Reef Tank.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Cleaner Shrimp: cleaner shrimps remove parasites from many reef fish.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Antarctic Silverfish: a fish that has overcome environmental and evolutionary problems.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

Coelacanths: Two Living Species of Latimeria and their Evolution.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

The ‘Humming Toadfish’: a very ugly fish that sings and can flash in the dark.

By: Feature Writer John Blatchford

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