pollution New study shows that hermit crabs get wicked horny at plastic waste (Update: HUNGRY, not horny) Thom Dunn

animals Red Lobster saves blue lobster David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures This website gives you a scrollable tour of sea life from the surface to the inky depths Mark Frauenfelder

ocean life Jellyfish: A Natural History – A luscious book about our ocean's brainless, heartless creatures Carla Sinclair

Science Shocking video of an electric eel leaping from its tank David Pescovitz

picks Amazing photo of fish inside a jellyfish David Pescovitz

oceans Rare ocean encounter between sperm whale and remotely operated vehicle caught on video Xeni Jardin

books How to read Donald Duck 50 years after the CIA fomented a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 Elías Villoro

Boing Boing Gadgets Get toasty warm this winter with this sleek portable heater Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Upgrade your bathroom and treat yourself to these luxe bath towels Boing Boing's Shop

Avatar boycott Check out these films by Indigenous filmmakers Jennifer Sandlin

rescues Rescued cruise passenger "woke up" in the ocean without the ship, says he didn't know how he got there Carla Sinclair

cruises How much would you pay to go on an 8-day Gone Girl-themed cruise? Thom Dunn

hagfish It's time to celebrate the hideous hagfish Jennifer Sandlin

books "Under The Banner of King Death" puts pirates in their place — in the history of workers' rights Thom Dunn

oceans Acoustic solutions to ocean noise pollution Elías Villoro

television TV pick: Reservation Dogs and the wondrous life of Nathan Apodaca A.E. Gómez