The ocean predators use their buzz saw mouths to efficiently dismantle prey, ranging from marine mammals and sea turtles to seabirds and — as Hollywood likes to remind us — an occasional human.(more…)
A scalyhead sculpin is a small, rather drab, nondescript fish.
But “stripped” to its skeleton and stained, it suddenly becomes a striking specimen in vivid blues and crimson.
Striking enough to be among the 14 photos by Adam Summers, University of Washington professor of biology, in his “Cleared: The Art of Science” on display now through spring 2014 at the Seattle Aquarium. (more…)