John Bobbitt: Baby, this is not what I meant by "trial separation" Once upon a time in 1993, when I was imbibing my sophomore year at college in Australia – drinking in the knowledge, so to speak – I heard tell of a horrific crime, one that struck fear into the hearts and sub-heart-areas . . . → Read More: More annelid than anaconda
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By para_sight, on  April 20th, 2012  4 comments  Biodiversity, Critters, Invertebrate Wars  Bobbit, Eunice, Polychaete By para_sight, on April 5th, 2012 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Invertebrate Wars, New Research algae, competition, coral reefs, georgia tech, seaweed Battle lines are drawn and chemical warfare commences between alga (left) and coral (right). Img: Jennifer Smith I was lucky enough to attend an all-day workshop today, just down the road at Georgia Tech, where Prof. Mark Hay organised the Teasley Symposium on the interactions between corals and seaweeds on reefs. Like many, I was . . . → Read More: Turf wars
By Miriam Goldstein, on March 4th, 2012 One comment Deep Sea Music, Invertebrate Wars invertebrates, Music Video, spineless, The Internauts Fantastic new INVERTEBRATE POWER anthem from UK band the Internauts. H/t @daumari. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Fantastic new INVERTEBRATE POWER anthem from UK band the Internauts. H/t @daumari. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr. M, on January 9th, 2012 9 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 Miriam Goldstein, on November 10th, 2011 7 comments Art, Biodiversity, Invertebrate Wars 99 percent, diversity, Invertebrate, Invertebrate Wars, Occupy, OWS This lovely piece of art, by graduate students Laurel Hiebert and Kira Treibergs with artwork by Marley Jarvis, made the rounds last week. We are thrilled to have been given permission to post it on Deep Sea News! This design is now available as t-shirts and totebags, with proceeds to benefit the Oregon Institute . . . → Read More: Octopi Wall Street!
By para_sight, on October 31st, 2011 10 comments Biodiversity, Invertebrate Wars, Megavertebrate diversity, invertebrates, OWS Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By para_sight, on October 19th, 2011 31 comments Education, Invertebrate Wars, Opinion, Weird jellyfish, sea jellies, Sea Stars, starfish, the pointlessness of trying to mandate common names 
Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness, I might add). “I beg your pardon?” I replied. “Sea jelly. They’re sea jellies now.” “Oh, are they?” “Yes, like sea stars.” “I’m sorry?” “Sea stars.” “Jellyfish are like sea . . . → Read More: On common names
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 18th, 2011 4 comments Adaptations, Invertebrate Wars Flower Hat Jelly, Jellies, jellyfish, NEAQ, New England Aquarium, Olindias formosa Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr Bik, on August 12th, 2011 2 comments Biodiversity, Ecology, Invertebrate Wars, Mating & Reproduction, Weird disturbing, nematodes, Reproduction, traumatic insemination Sometimes I think that those of us studying ‘minor phyla’ do so in order to prevent from developing some secret (potentially peverse) obsessions. Example: I recently attended the Society of Nematology’s 50th Anniversary meeting, where the plenary topic was….traumatic insemination. This was the subsequent topic of conversation for the next four days. “Write a blog . . . → Read More: A great day for a little Traumatic Insemination
By Dr Bik, on June 14th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Invertebrate Wars, Microbes, Uncategorized Bacteria, climate change, human impact, jellyfish, Microbes Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. (And yes, you can lump in viruses and prions because I’m not getting into a philosophical debate about what constitutes ‘living’). Run, Harry! You don't want to catch Irukandji syndrome!!! . . . → Read More: The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
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