When times get tough…who won’t let you down? Grandma! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What do humans and killer whales have in common? Menopause! Only a few species experience it. But why? Is there a reason that whale mamas stop reproducing? Meet Daniel Franks
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Ah, the hustle and bustle of the city…under the sea! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Coral reefs aren’t just colorful. They are also LOUD! A healthy reef reverberates with munching fish and scuttling shrimp. But when reefs are damaged? Silence! Like hipsters flocking
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School’s out — not just for humans, but for. . . fish? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Picture a school of fish, all moving in perfect harmony. They all know exactly where to go, right? Wrong! Richard Morris from the University of New South
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Did your sushi eat something fishy? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Most of the fish we eat, like salmon, snack on smaller fish. Raising these carnivores is costly and energy intensive. But not ALL fish eat other fish! About five percent of all fish
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Swimming with piranhas? You’d have to be one tough cookie! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What animal is longer than two mailboxes and loves the water? The arapaima! These giant fish live in piranha-infested waters of the Amazon river. Yet, they NEVER get bitten!
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Look out, Nemo – there’s a shark on your tail! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Undersea life can be brutal – one quick chomp, and a fish can lose a fin! But some lucky fish can grow them back, including
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I huff, and puff, and say…grow a spine! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Most fish have scales – but not pufferfish! They traded theirs for spines! And for a good reason. When threatened, the pufferfish will PUFF out their spines to twice their normal
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By: Racine Rangel Jump on in – the subzero Arctic water is fine! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science and a chilling case. What’s it like to live in the coldest location on the planet? Polar ice caps, bitter snow storms, and below freezing temperatures.
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Is there a 4:20 in the afternoon. . . for fish? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Headaches, depression, diabetes – our medicine cabinets are FULL of pills! And unfortunately, our bodies don’t fully absorb all the medications we take. The leftovers end up….um, in
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The catch of the day is… extinct? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In the last eighty years, wild seafood stocks have decreased by up to thirty-five percent. Rising sea temperatures aren’t helping! Fish are cold-blooded animals, which means they adapt to the temperature of
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