Sea creatures

The sea urchin Ophiocoma wendtii. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson.

Learning from the heat of the sea: production of forged materials underwater

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The research revealed unusually rich and varied sponge gardens for the Israeli coast. Photo: Part of a study in Prof. Micha Ilan's laboratory at Tel Aviv University.

The secret of the sponge gardens

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Microscope image: The image, taken with a fluorescent microscope, shows a large amount of viruses (the small dots) attacking archaea (the large dots). For the purpose of photography, seawater was taken, filtered to get rid of large cells such as algae and most of the bacterial cells, and the DNA was stained with a fluorescent substance that binds to it. Source: Courtesy of the Technion.

Ocean detectives: Researchers have discovered new viruses that attack marine microorganisms

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A bloom that can also be detected from space. In the upper photograph: the concentration of chlorophyll on the surface of the sea as photographed by a NASA satellite in October 2007. The lower photograph - a close-up of the area defined in the upper photograph. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

A blooming desert in the middle of the sea

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A fin whale during a meal. Photo: David Rosen / flickr.

What do whales talk about while eating?

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Sea snails have mutual sex (each is both male and female). Photo: Ayami Sakizawa, Osaka University

Nudibranch: A species of androgynous sea snail sheds its penis after each mating but also regrows it

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Frederick Leighton, fisherman and sailor. Painted between 1856-8. From Wikipedia

NOAA: Mermaids exist, after all, only in fairy tales

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Pyura chilensis. Photography: Klaus Peter

The bleeding stone: an alien stone teaches us about the origin of species

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