No time to freeze: Fragile ctenophores, or comb jellies, floating under the ice and catching small creatures such as crabs and fish larvae with their sticky tentacles. On the east coast of Greenland, a thick layer of ice forms on the sea every winter. Shipping comes...
A humpback whale rises in front of marine biologist and research diver Uli Kunz. Many spectacular natural phenomena happen in remote places that are difficult to reach. Off the coast of northern Norway, it’ s also a particularly unfavorable time of year to take...
This image from the work of John Sparks and David Gruber shows a young snailfish under normal light (top) and under blue light, which stimulates fluorescence. It is shown that the body and head glow green and the adhesive disc and fins glow red. The reasons why they...
(C) Kim Kovacs / Christîan Lydersen / Framsenter The use of animal species in scientific research can take many different forms. Researchers have now recognized that animals are perfectly suitable as observers and samplers, provided they have the right instruments. A...
