The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old Ostracods
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By , on April 24th, 2010 One comment   Fish, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Paleobiology   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

KAZ – A new occasional series modeled from Ed Yong’s Pocket Science where I will briefly report a few cool studies and tell you why I think they are cool! ———————————- Bathykorus bouilloni, new species. Kevin Raskoff from Monterey Peninsula College (where I got my start in science!) describes a new genus and species of . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old Ostracods

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Every Whale Has Its Bone
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By , on March 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment   Music, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , ,  

This one goes out to David from my lab who just got back from 2 months down under in Antarctica and deployed whale bones for part of his experiments. You can read up on all his updates while he was at sea. Every Whale Has A Bone (with apologies to Brett Michael) We both . . . → Read More: Every Whale Has Its Bone

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6-Gill Shark Steals Food from Poor Giant Isopod
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By , on December 30th, 2009 10 comments   Giant Isopod, Pictures and Movies   , , , , ,  

Seriously, 6-Gill Shark. Why are you such a douche? That Giant Isopod was totally there first, minding its own business gnawing on some fresh bait and then you come along and nose-butt it out of the way and steal all the food for yourself. Such a jerk. You know, if you keep acting like an . . . → Read More: 6-Gill Shark Steals Food from Poor Giant Isopod

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