Leopard Whiptail Stingray [Himantura undulata] by... | Mad as a Marine Biologist

About MAAMB

Samantha Craven is a marine biologist who graduated from the University of Plymouth with a Masters in Applied Marine Science. She is an avid diver, nature photographer and conservationist.

TBT 253.8 hours

These are her science and conservation musings.

She doesn't think she is particularly mad, but then she is talking about herself in the third person

Nature Blog Network

Real Time Analytics

Ask away

More MAAMB

Follow @madasamarinebio

Flickr

Loading Flickr...

❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Photoset via scientificillustration

livinginchaosbeauty:

My final project in scientific illustration! I wanted to draw some of the forms of the mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus, one of the coolest...

Photoset via scientificillustration
Photo via scientificillustration

Die Kreidefauna des Peterwardeiner Gebirges

Palaeontographica 52 (1905-6)

Photo via scientificillustration
Photo via sallysnowglobe

#lamave’s oslob #whale #shark research team discussing data collection… Another day at the office ;-)

Photo via sallysnowglobe
Photo via earthhour

Here’s a great GIF of the lights in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour switching off for Earth Hour 2013.

This year the campaign was supported by the likes of Eason Chan and cantopop...

Photo via earthhour
Photo via marine-science

Photo via marine-science
Photo via scinerds

Colorful phytoplankton blooms off the coast of France. Nasa writes:

Blooms can be a blessing to other marine species, as these tiny floating plants often feed everything...

Photo via scinerds
Quote via kateoplis

“One improves by learning to be productively ashamed of who one currently is.”

—
Alain de Botton

Quote via kateoplis
Photoset via scinerds

canadian-space-agency:

Col. Chris Hadfield: “Safely home - back on Earth, happily readapting to the heavy pull of gravity. Wonderful to smell and feel Spring.”

Read about...

Photoset via scinerds
Photo via scinerds

colchrishadfield:

Dr. Seuss-inspired swirls in the Black Sea.

Photo via scinerds
Photo via laughingsquid

Amusing ‘Lord of the Rings’ Walking Directions From the Shire to Mordor in Google Maps

Photo via laughingsquid

More liked posts

© Samantha Craven 2012

Saturday, April 9 2011

High-res

Leopard Whiptail Stingray [Himantura undulata] by Mark Laita

Notes

shelbistann reblogged this from ichthyologist
shelbistann likes this
moreanimalia reblogged this from ichthyologist
rosegoldcoral reblogged this from secretofthesea
suffering-succotash reblogged this from ody-ssea
artoftheocean reblogged this from secretofthesea
littlejacquescousteau reblogged this from secretofthesea
deanjosonexp likes this
driven-into-sin likes this
secretofthesea reblogged this from ody-ssea
ody-ssea reblogged this from ichthyologist
fired-earth reblogged this from ichthyologist
oddlittlebird likes this
nofrigginway029 reblogged this from ichthyologist
erinmar13 reblogged this from ichthyologist
neuroconnoisseur reblogged this from ichthyologist
ichthyologist reblogged this from rhamphotheca
outofthewreckage reblogged this from rhamphotheca
myunderwaterwonderland reblogged this from rainbowslowpoke
thezombiefiedbride reblogged this from gabesonaplane and added:

Leopard Whiptail Stingray [Himantura undulata] by Mark Laita
adsertoris likes this
thezombiefiedbride likes this
shakeyourhipslikebattleships likes this
gabesonaplane reblogged this from senorliblor
senorliblor reblogged this from rhamphotheca and added:

Leopard Whiptail Stingray [Himantura undulata] by Mark Laita
sha-na-na-na-na likes this
katybrittenham reblogged this from mad-as-a-marine-biologist
bilbos-buttons likes this
joaquinprime likes this
kaylaripple reblogged this from mad-as-a-marine-biologist
ushishir likes this
birdcage likes this
needwesaymore reblogged this from rhamphotheca
jeninapod reblogged this from rhamphotheca and added:

I wanna live in the seaaa. Amazing photo
kgdives likes this
katybrittenham likes this
rainbowslowpoke reblogged this from rhamphotheca
panella likes this
galacticnucleus reblogged this from rhamphotheca
amor-al reblogged this from rhamphotheca
amor-al likes this
upashi likes this
tentaclegarden likes this
zultanite likes this
monstermadeofeyes likes this
nakedwomeninthesea likes this
melissapdr likes this
sixtyforty likes this
hannahluella reblogged this from mad-as-a-marine-biologist
hannahluella likes this
Show more notesLoading...

About MAAMB

Samantha Craven is a marine biologist who graduated from the University of Plymouth with a Masters in Applied Marine Science. She is an avid diver, nature photographer and conservationist.

TBT 253.8 hours

These are her science and conservation musings.

She doesn't think she is particularly mad, but then she is talking about herself in the third person

Nature Blog Network

Real Time Analytics

Ask away

More MAAMB