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1. The California Sea Hare This is probably the world's first fan page devoted to the California sea hare. No, seriously. When I looked up A. californica online after finding a tidepool full of them, I discovered some fascinating facts about this unassuming animal. Not onl...
2. Oceanography and Marine Biology -- a Curriculum Starter Whether you got your first inspiration for becoming interested in Oceanology, Oceanography, and Marine Biology from watching the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau films, or reading about the Nautilus submarine in Jules Verne's book "20,000 Leagues B...
3. The Beautiful and Deadly Blue Ringed Octopus Blue Ringed Octopus are one of the most fascinating of all octopus. They are quite small, only a few inches across but have one of the most toxic venoms in the world. When threatened they flash neon blue rings.
4. Really Weird Sea Creatures The greatest wonder of this planet is the diversity of its life forms. So numerous that we have yet to identify most of them. The ocean, perhaps the most diverse and the least understood of all ecosystems, contains creatures so bizarre, so unusual an...
5. Octopus Jewelry by Noadi's Art After making my cuttlefish jewelry for some time I decided to expand the cephalopod jewelry line in octopus. These cute little tentacled necklaces and earrings are in much the same style as my cuttlefish and the two lines go well together.
6. Jellyfish Lake Drifting silently through a world of cool, milky green water, you feel something soft and gentle brush up against you, tickling your skin. Looking through your mask and snorkel you notice it is a jellyfish. The sunlight draws you toward the center o...
7. Sea Turtles - Nomads of the Sea Okay. The first big question is: What is a Sea Turtle? From a purely biological point of view, there are 3 reptiles that have the thing called a shell, or better term, carapace, which causes folks to lump them under the general term, "TURTLES&qu...
8. Cuttlefish Jewelry by Noadi's Art Sculpted polymer clay cuttlefish jewelry designed by artist Sheryl Westleigh. Cute and cuddly cephalopods. All of Noadi's Art cuttlefish are sculpted, painted and assembled by hand.
9. Jellyfish: Beauty with a bite The Wonder of Jellyfish They're brainless, spineless and heartless -- and totally mesmerizing, incredibly beautiful animals. Until places like Monterey Bay Aquarium created living jellyfish exhibits, most encounters involved a blob of slime on the bea...
10. Biology 101 Welcome to Biology 101, the starting point for major Biology resources on the web.
11. I Love Cephalopods I'm fascinated by all sea creatures but in particular cephalopods give me endless inspiration for my artwork.  So this lens is all about my love of tentacled animals.
12. Sharks - The Jaws of the Sea - Endless Eaters Fascinating critters, the sharks.  From the little ones that are only 4 inches long as adults to the huge ones that reach almost 70 feet long as adults. From the docile bottom-dwelling crustacean eaters or open-ocean krill eaters to the one...
13. Wallace J Nichols - Ocean Researcher "Our planet is an ocean planet. Period. 71% of the surface of our planet is ocean." So says Wallace J Nichols, also known as Dr J, a well-known and respected sea turtle and ocean conservationist. His research focuses primarily on the behavior, migra...
14. Cuttlefish - The Amazing Invisible Octopus This has been one of my most favorite video discoveries on Youtube. I was just doing a video search for Octopuses and happened across this amazing creature that lives in the sea. It's quite incredible what can be found living mysteriously within the...
15. Baby Sea Turtles in Costa Rica On a recent trip to Costa Rica I had the pleasure of visiting one of the most amazing beaches I had ever seen. One of the first things you notice about this beach is all the dried sea turtle eggs there are strewn around. The beach is a major sea turt...
16. Cuttlefish : The Greatest Cephalopods Ever Squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus, along with several extinct varieties make up the cephalopods. Cephalopods are the smartest of all invertebrates and with their tentacles and color changing skin they are soem of the strangest creatures in the sea...
17. Marine Biology I am a marine biology student (MSci) at the University of Southampton, UK. I am very interested in marine mammals and have aspirations to find an internship for this summer and a job in 2010.
18. Ocean News I'm focusing on ocean news because I believe that the oceans are the site of the most seriously under-reported news of our time: News of the ecological crisis in Earth's oceans. Marine ecosystems are falling apart all over the Earth. Though we humans...
19. Oceans The oceans are a beautiful sight that can be terrifying when they are churning out a tsunami, tidal wave or hurricane! This peaceful scene is near Montery, California. Let's study about ocean currents, world oceans, and the advantages and disadvantag...
20. Coral Reefs You may not be old enough to remember Jacques Coustea; but his name is always the one that comes to mind when anyone begins to talk about the wonders of life under the ocean! Let's explore the coral reefs that are home to an amazing array of colorful...