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Why Are There No Super Whales?

The question is not why are whales big but why are whales not bigger? The blue whales reached weights of 150 tons prewhaling. To appreciate…

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ScienceOnline 2010 Travel Awards: The Entries So Far

Dr. M November 9, 2009 Carnival Contest evolution NESCent ScienceOnline 2010 travel award

It’s just a few short weeks until the final deadline for your submission! To recap, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is offering two $750 travel…

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A reminder that…

Dr. M October 8, 2009 Adaptations evolution excrement polar bears poo

…removal of waste represents over 550 million years of evolutionary adaptation to solve one of life’s most basic problems.

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The Origins of Deep-Sea Fauna

Dr. M October 5, 2009 anoxic Antarctica biogeography bivalve Cenozoic circulation climate chagne Coral Cretaceous deep sea density echinoderms echinoids Eocene evolution extinction foram Gastropod global thermohaline circulation hypoxia isopod Miocene oceanography octopod Oligocene origination oxygen Paleobiology Paleocene Salinity Temperature Triassic

If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development. –Aristotle To understand the biogeography of the modern deep sea, we must examine the…

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Travel Awards for ScienceOnline 2010

Dr. M September 30, 2009 blogging evolution National Evolutionary Synthesis Center NESCent ScienceOnline 2010 travel awards

I am very excited to announce that the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center will be offering two travel awards for ScienceOnline 2010. These will be awarded…

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Worst Evolutionary Designs? No! Brilliant Solutions to the Complexity of Nature and Constraints

Dr. M July 30, 2009 constraints design Double XX evolution phylogenetic predator prey sharks size Wired

It’s been eight days since Miriam posted at Double XX This Wired piece on the 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs also made me want to smash…

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On the study of crustaceous genitalia

Dr. M May 20, 2009 Barnacle chemical signals competition Crustacea Eric Charnov evolution Hermaphrodites Matt Hoch Penis Sex Week sperm thesis

Post by Matt Hoch. Dr. J. Matt Hoch is newly minted PhD from SUNY Stony Brook who is interested in the reproductive ecology and life…

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Introduction to Sex Week

Dr. M May 17, 2009 Bible breasts diversity evolution fencing Israel Old Testament Penis penis fencing prudish reproduciton reproductive isolation sex Sex Week sexual selection Song of Solomon sperm

This is the official introduction to Sex Week at DSN. We here at DSN never shy away from writing about sex. Through reproduction, fitness is…

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Sea Monsters of the Deep

Dr. M April 22, 2009 deep sea evolution Science Illustrated size

This month’s Science Illustrated discusses how some deep-sea organisms are larger than thier shallow water cousins. The article dicusses the processes that lead to this…

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100 Word Post: Hurdia victoria

Dr. M March 23, 2009 Anomalocaris Arthropoda Burgess Shale Cambrian carapace claws Crustacea evolution fossil Hurdia jaw segmentation soft parts teeth

Anomalocaris ruled the Cambrian seas but apparently so did a twenty centimenter cousin. Hurdia victoria, originally described in 1912, was known from just a jumble…

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