This is clearly an important species we’re dealing with
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By , on May 9th, 2011 11 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, Uncategorized, Weird   , , , , , , ,  
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James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) is the greatest movie ever made. There, I said it. For sheer script quotability, only Pulp Fiction comes close. For dark and gritty, anti-glossy-Star-Wars sci fi realism, only Blade Runner is its equal. And no critter has ever been more terrifying than the H.R. Giger creation that debuted as a solitary . . . → Read More: This is clearly an important species we’re dealing with

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Life Without Gonads and Toes
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By , on May 21st, 2009 4 comments   Mating & Reproduction, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

The Wonderful Reproductive Cycle of Cyliophora The Loriciferans were first described in 1983 and since then around 20 species were described with at least 80 species waiting in the wings for their official names. However, Loricefera were known since the 70′s but because of there complex life cycle with a larva (Higgins-larva) that looks completely . . . → Read More: Life Without Gonads and Toes

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Sex At Vents: Lights On or Off?
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By , on May 20th, 2009 4 comments   Mating & Reproduction, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Post by Jon Copley. Dr. Jon Copley is a lecturer in marine ecology at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. He is also director of SciConnect Limited, a company providing training in science communication and media skills. Jon is an avid deep sea explorer and studies the reproductive ecology of deep sea invertebrates, especially . . . → Read More: Sex At Vents: Lights On or Off?

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