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11th Aug 2011

Celebrating a year of Naked Oceans


Helen Scales

Sarah Castor-Perry
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Naked Oceans has reached its 1st birthday and we celebrate by taking a look back at season one to pick out some of our favourite bits. We revisit a major milestone in ocean science with the Census of Marine Life, we venture once more into the depths to uncover some of the challenges of life miles beneath the waves and we call in on the extraordinary mating habits of coral reefs. One year on, we've made a special mixup of critters from the shoal of ocean experts who shared with us there thoughts on which marine species they'd like to be. And we reveal an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes at the making of Naked Oceans.

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News

(c) Kim Hansen

Barnacle gene sheds light on foul behaviour

Discovery of why barnacle larvae kick and wriggle could pave the way towards environmentally-friendly anti-fouling chemicals to keep boat hulls free from hitchhikers.

(c) Ben Grupe/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Making a young star of Xyloplax

Scientists have solved an echinoderm conundrum by uncovering a starfish that stays forever young

(c) Jon Hanson

Uncovering a whale shark extravaganza

The world's largest aggregation of whale sharks has been found off the Mexican coast


Interviews

(c) Jiangang Luo Marine Photobank

The Census of Marine Life

A major landmark in ocean science was reached in October 2010 with the completion of the world’s first Census of Marine Life. It was 10 years in the making, involved hundreds of scientists all across the globe who joined forces to take on the enormous challenge of discovering as much as possible ab...

(c) Kevin Hardy

Deep sea challenges of microbes and men

How do marine microbes cope with extreme life in the deep sea? And how do scientists study these challenging environments?

(c) Shawn Garner

Supplying the seahorse trade

Breeding seahorses in captivity to supply aquariums aims to help reduce pressure on wild populations.

(c) NOAA

Coral reef mass spawning

Coral reefs have evolved a spectacular solution to the problem of having sex while being rooted firmly to the seabed.

(c) NOAA

Critter of the Month - Vent shrimp

This month's critter can see hot bodies in the darkness of the deep sea.

(c) Linda Snook / MBNMS

Mysterious shark cousins

Chimaeras are little known relatives of sharks that get up to some odd things in the deep sea.

(c) Ivan Scales

Behind the scenes at Naked Oceans

An exclusive glimpse into the making-of Naked Oceans season one.

(c) Robert C. Vrijenhoek, Shannon B. Johnson & Greg W. Rouse

A Collection of Marine Critters

Over the past year, we’ve met up with lots of marine experts to talk about their work. To delve a little bit deeper into their devotion to the oceans, we asked them to tell us: if they were a marine critter, which one would they be and why? We have some really great answers and here are some of t...




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