Jewel moray (Muraena lentiginosa)
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20101019-_PGA8097.jpg by Critidoc on Flickr.
Whale feces has a high iron content, which is great for encouraging the growth of phytoplankton. As it grows, the plankton traps carbon dioxide, as much as 400,000 tons per year.
(read more: Discovery)
(photo: Louis M. Herman)
Returning from the hunt…
Dozens of images made it through to the final round of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, organised by the Society of German Nature Photographers (GDT). Here’s our gallery of some of the best.
Photograph: Michael Lohmann
cephalopod stamps from South Georgia
WHAT
That’s not fair! I want cephalopod stamps! :<