Feb 9, 2023 | The Big Blue
Clypeasteroida is the scientific name of the more commonly known sand dollar. Although we would all love for the sand dollar to have value and to just have to walk on the beach for couple of hours to make a living, this isn’t quite the case. They get their name...
Jan 30, 2022 | The Big Blue
Despite its appearance, the Portuguese Man O’ War aka the Bluebottle Jellyfish, is not actually a jellyfish but a venomous siphonophore. It is made up of a small cluster of organisms that each have their own jobs and work together to stay alive. The man...
Aug 6, 2021 | The Big Blue
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. 18 billion pounds of plastic trash winds up in our oceans each year. Humans cause the death and destruction of millions of organisms and hundreds of environments every year simply because we are careless...
Jul 31, 2021 | The Big Blue
Bioluminescence is amongst the world’s most fascinating phenomena. To us it looks like a bunch of glowing lights in the sky or in the water but there’s so much more to these lights. Bioluminescence is the product of a chemical reaction that occurs inside...
Jun 22, 2021 | The Big Blue
On World Ocean Day (June 8), National Geographic officially recognized the Southern Ocean as the world’s fifth ocean. Until now, there had only been four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. After years of debating and cotroversy, the world...
Jun 4, 2021 | Invasive Species, The Big Blue
While this crab may look like any other crab, there’s actually a few things that make it different from the rest. These differences have led this crab to be among the top ten least wanted animals in the world. Background The European Green Crab – Carcinus...
