Of eyes and sex in lizardfishes
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By , on October 20th, 2010 5 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Evolution, Fish, Life Science, Mating & Reproduction, Paleobiology, Paleobiology   , , , , , ,  

145 million years ago, in the Cretaceous, the air was warm and the seas were high and rum flowed freely.  On land, mammals were oppressed under dinosaur Republican rule.  Massive reptiles and ammonites, long since extinct, dominated the oceans.  Under the reign of these giants, the lizardfishes were mere fledglings.  Today, the 256 known lizardfishes represent an . . . → Read More: Of eyes and sex in lizardfishes

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The Fish That Walks on Stilts
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By , on August 26th, 2010 4 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish   , , , , , , , ,  

One of the denizens of the deep is the 30cm long tripod fish, Bathypterois grallator.  This unusual fish is typically found anywhere between 1-5km deep in the Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and western Indian, although future exploration wil likely reveal that is global.  First described over a century ago in 1886, the common name comes from the . . . → Read More: The Fish That Walks on Stilts

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Who likes protandric hermaphrodites?
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By , on October 19th, 2009 8 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Mating & Reproduction, New Research   , , , , , , , , ,  

Scientists love to group things.  We also like to name things. We also like to plot data on bivariate graphs.  On really crazy nights, we let our hair down, well not me per se but other scientists with hair, and do all three.  90% of science is grouping, naming, and plotting. If you don’t know . . . → Read More: Who likes protandric hermaphrodites?

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“Sleezy” sponge sexuality
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By , on May 18th, 2009 4 comments   Biodiversity, Mating & Reproduction   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Post by Amanda “not a sponge” Kahn. Amanda Kahn is currently a masters student at well-known Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, considered to be one of the west coast’s premier marine stations.  Despite still being in her masters, she is quickly becoming the “go-to” person for deep-sea sponges. Let’s start off “sex week” with the steamy . . . → Read More: “Sleezy” sponge sexuality

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