I think it’s fair to say that when most folks think about conservation, or biology in general, money is not the first thing that pops into their heads. Indeed, many people I know in those fields consider money, commerce and economics to be somewhat foreign, a necessary evil perhaps, to keep society going and keep . . . → Read More: For sale?: one reef, well-loved
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By para_sight, on  February 8th, 2012  2 comments  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conferences, Conservation & Environment, Coral  Coral Restoration Foundation, Georgia Aquarium, PERC By Miriam Goldstein, on February 2nd, 2012 4 comments Books/Media, Cephalopods! Books, Cephalopod, Human-Nature Interaction, Porn, Reproduction, sex, Tentacle By Eric Schwaner via DeviantArt Warning: This post is rated PG-13 and is safe for work, but contains links to NSFW adult-only content. Click at your own risk. Most marine scientists remain blissfully unaware of the existence of tentacle-themed pornography, which originated from Japan. The paths of people who work with real life tentacle-creatures and . . . → Read More: Interview: New anthology of tentacle porn reaches for marine conservation
By para_sight, on January 31st, 2012 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Paleobiology, Ramblings ammonite, brachiopod, eocrinoid, fossil, Trilobite I celebrated another lap around the sun this weekend, and in honour of that my friend Betty, who lives in Arizona, sent me a rather awesome gift. It wasn’t elegantly wrapped; in fact, its contents were variously contained in a decidedly pedestrian mix of old bubble wrap, styrofoam noodles and plastic bags from Target AND . . . → Read More: Extinct life is like a box of chocolates
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 30th, 2012 5 comments Life At Sea, Megavertebrate, Scientist! acoustic, Alexis Rudd, dolphins, graduate school, hawaii This is a guest post from Alexis Rudd, who is a doctoral student at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on the island of O’ahu. Her research uses sound to study the distribution and behavior of dolphins and whales in Hawaii, in partnership with Young Brothers interisland shipping company. It seems as though most people . . . → Read More: Guest Post: True Confessions of a Dolphin-Loving Marine Biologist
By Dr. M, on January 23rd, 2012 15 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Critters lies, Lion Mane's Jellyfish, photoshopped, size extreme The above photo is making the rounds (see here and follow the link trail). In it the a scuba diver is next to Lion’s Mane Jellyfish. But I’m calling bullshit on this photo. Lion’s Maine Jellyfish are indeed big. The world record had a bell diameter of 7 and half feet (2.29m) and 120 ft . . . → Read More: Super Jellyfish?!
By para_sight, on January 20th, 2012 5 comments Biodiversity, Critters Georgia Aquarium, HBOI, reefs, sponge reefs, sponges, submersibles The other deeplings (except RickMac) are at the fantastic Science Online conference this week, meeting with other scientist communicators and hatching various plots for DSN’s ascendancy to world dominance using, I suspect, some combination of Ferragarmos, rum and giant squid tentacles. So, I guess you’re stuck with me! To wit: I made this bit of . . . → Read More: A glass more than half full of awesome
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 17th, 2012 One comment Critters, Mating & Reproduction apophallation, banana slug, Mollusc, sex This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate Clancy‘s & Scicurious‘ Sex, gender and controversy: writing to educate, writing to titillate session at Science Online 2012, since this is one of the silliest bits of sex-related writing I’ve ever . . . → Read More: Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 13th, 2012 3 comments Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, TGIF: Pictures & Movies flatworms, Mating, penis fencing, Reproduction “There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.” Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog. "There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly." Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog. By Dr. M, on January 9th, 2012 8 comments Biodiversity, Invertebrate Wars Arthropoda, Brachyuran, claw, Crab, crushing, fight, fight club, largest crab Grab the children and run for the hills! Coconut crab on a stick. Photo from Wikimedia Commons So a good friend of mine asked this weekend on Facebook what kind of crabs are the fightiest. Great question! First, for the sake of argument let us assume we’re not talking about the kind of crabs . . . → Read More: What Crabs Are The Fightiest?
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 9th, 2012 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment Biodiversity, Science Communication Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to an article I wrote on EvoEcoLab, another blog I write for Scientific American, titled The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention. It was a lot of fun and I’m . . . → Read More: The Biodiverse Universe
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