This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate Clancy‘s & Scicurious‘ Sex, gender and controversy: writing to educate, writing to titillate session at Science Online 2012, since this is one of the silliest bits of sex-related writing I’ve ever . . . → Read More: Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  January 17th, 2012  One comment  Critters, Mating & Reproduction  apophallation, banana slug, Mollusc, sex By Kevin Zelnio, on September 14th, 2011 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Expeditions, Life At Sea, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls deep sea, Field Museum, Hydrothermal Vents, Janet Voight, Mollusc, Wood Dr. Janet Voight of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago talks about exploring deep sea ecosystems and her research on deep sea marine invertebrates. Many of these images are familiar to me as I was generously invited to participate on a cruise to hydrothermal vents in 2003 by her while I was merely . . . → Read More: Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the Seafloor
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 14th, 2010 6 comments Biodiversity Antarctica, Clione, Doctor Who, Limacina, Mollusc, Predation “Don’t blink. Blink and you’re dead. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t blink.” – The Doctor The Weeping Angels are the monster of the week in one of my very favorite Doctor Who episodes. They look like saccharine angel statues…until they strike. The Weeping Angels could very well have been modeled . . . → Read More: Angels in Antarctica
By Miriam Goldstein, on September 30th, 2010 4 comments Deep Sea Music, New Species Mollusc, Sea Slug, Song The sea slug Elysia chlorotica I first discovered Dr. Pat Krug when he gave a talk at Scripps and revealed that he had named a new species of sea slug after Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer in order to “capture the spirit of sexual flexibility.” Now Dr. Krug is back with a great interview . . . → Read More: The Slug Song, and more from Dr. Krug the slug drug lug
By Dr. M, on September 6th, 2010 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Ecology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction acoustic, adaptation, Cephalopod, ear, echinoderms, evolution, Gastropod, Geerat Vermeij, Mollusc, Morphology, Predation, RB Editor's Selection, reprodcution, sensory, shell, Sound Why don’t animal’s use wheels in locomotion? Why aren’t blue whales bigger? Why are there no freshwater starfish? Why are there no tree dwelling cephalopods? Why can’t my dog make a decent cocktail? These are the kinds of questions that intrigue me. Apparently I am not alone. Geerat Vermeij’s new paper “Sound reasons for silence: . . . → Read More: If Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 20th, 2010 4 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity bivalve, Giant Clam, Mollusc, National Geographic That is all. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}That is all. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr. M, on March 7th, 2010 9 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Cephalopods!, Invertebrate Wars, Life Science, Mating & Reproduction aplacophora, Arthropoda, Bernoulli, body size, echinoderms, Gastropod, Invertebrate, Invertebrate Wars, logarithimic spiral, Mollusc, Radula, shell, Vampire Squid A blog war is starting to develop again. No I am not talking about this one. I am talking about the Great Invertebrate Wars. Everything was quiet until someone had to stir the pot. GIW I took many causalities with molluscs taking the clear win. Which invertebrate group will take GIW II? If polls are accurate, and like . . . → Read More: Molluscs, now with 100% more awesum
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 17th, 2009 One comment Biodiversity, Education donation, Donor's Choose, MLML, Mollusc, Playing Cards, tall ship, The Other 95% Eric at The Other 95% has been revealing a new card from an NSF funded mollusc playing card set. This set is awesome (disclaimer – I am previewing, fact checking and testing them out) and will NOT be on the market for a while. They are intended to be used in classrooms to teach about . . . → Read More: Behold the Jack of Diamonds!
By Dr. M, on March 29th, 2008 3 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Invertebrate Wars Aristotle's Lantern, Conidae, Gastropod, Mollusc, Radula, Snail Jim has decided that he will join the darkside for the Invertebrate Battle Royale. That’s fine! We wouldn’t want someone with such poor cognitive processes on our team. Jim’s attack centers on the idea that the Aristotle’s Lantern is cooler than the radula. Now I just cannot stand for this. Especially after reading about . . . → Read More: You Should Fear and Respect the Radula
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 29th, 2008 5 comments Adaptations, Critters, New Research Allantactis, Anemone, Best of Zelnio, Biofilm, Buccinum, Crossaster, Defense, Epibiont, Gastropod, Lepasterias, Mollusc, Protection, Sea Star, Settlement Cue, Snail, Substrate, Symbiosis Sometimes we just need a little help to get by in life. A nudge, some encouragement or a simple pat on the back will suffice. Being stuck to a rock is not a real good way to avoid predators, unless that rock can move. Symbioses between sea anemones and snails have been well known for . . . → Read More: A Deep Sea Mutualism in Response to Predation
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