"We played a sound that we think means 'Hello' to the [humpback whale named] Twain... and Twain said 'Hello' back!"OwenToday we are updating two of our episodes with follow-up information. Both about how intelligent whales really are, because w

Humpback Whales have beautiful voices, and are the great musicians of the sea. Each family has their own special song, and each individual whale has a song of its own based on it, just like a personal name! They also make up new songs for both fun and com

Orca are really smart! They can be taught to do tricks like sing songs and count, if they are trained well!OwenOrca, sometimes called "Killer Whales" are a really large Dolphin: they are one of the Oceans' apex predators. They work in packs to

Sea Anemones come in thousands of different shapes and colours, just like flowers!OwenSea Anemones are another invertebrate related to coral. They look kind of like flowers, they are even named after a flower: but their stem is a hard tube, and the

Coral reefs are really important to the environment... they provide homes for hundreds of other sea creatures.OwenWhen people talk about coral we imagine big rolling hills and terrains full of strangely-shaped hard matter, it can look like cact

Whith Apex predators, we don't understand just how important they are...OwenTiger sharks like warm and temperate waters. They particularly like coral reefs and kelp forests.Called "the garbage cans of the sea" tiger sharks will eat almost a

The Giant Pacific Octopus is the smartest of all the cephalopods, it is great at solving problems!OwenToday we are talking about the Giant Pacific Octopus: a creature as big as a man and nearly as heavy, but so squishy it can fit inside a large

Manta rays are so efficient and graceful that we built drones based on them; Manta ray probes that explore the sea...OwenManta rays are huge, graceful filter feeders, which means they eat microscopic food by opening their mouth and sucking it i

Tardigrades are a microscopic animal: one of the world's smallest predators, they hunt for germs! But the really cool thing about Tardigrades is that they are nearly indestructible and live incredibly long lives!

We don't know much about the colossal squid. They are the reason I wanted to learn about marine biology: I want to learn more about them!OwenColossal Squid courtesy of Open ClipArt by Firkin https://openclipart.org/detail/230695/squidColossal Squ