Sea Squirts, SLOSS, and Sex
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By , on October 8th, 2010 2 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, New Research   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Long time readers will know how perverse and socially inappropriate the unseemly sea squirt is. But there is an interesting property of sea squirt pornography and local oceanography that may have consequences in the debates surrounding marine reserve design. Castillo and colleagues examined the spawning behavior of intertidal tunicates (Pyura praeputialis, an invasive) from the . . . → Read More: Sea Squirts, SLOSS, and Sex

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Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion
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By , on June 30th, 2008 6 comments   Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta, a postdoc in my lab at Penn State, just published a fascinating paper on a “silent invasion” happening around the world’s oceans in the journal Biological Invasions. Those may look like tentacles, but in reality they are the nunchuks of rapid expansion of a stealthy marine invasion. Intonjutsu: Cheating Death In . . . → Read More: Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion

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