Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!
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By , on September 25th, 2012 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , ,  

Starting around 540 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion many animal phyla, including the freshest of them all—bivalves, came into existence. Within ~100 million years, bivalves gained gills modified to filter feed, siphons to better breath, and a muscular foot to bury themselves into the sediment. However, for the last ~400 million years . . . → Read More: Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!

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Leaping Squid
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By , on November 26th, 2010 One comment   Adaptations, Cephalopods, Uncategorized   , , , , , , ,  

At bookofjoe there is a nice write up about squid flying out of water. The 2004 paper’s authors argue that “gliding” is too passive a term to describe what squid do when they leave the ocean for the air: “flight” is more fitting. “From our observations it seemed like squid engage in behaviors to . . . → Read More: Leaping Squid

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Tide Pool: Cool Seeps, Parasitic Nematodes, and Magnetic Sea Animals
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By , on September 23rd, 2010 2 comments   Adaptations, Ecology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , ,  

An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Olu et al. in PLoS One examine the potential exchanges of species in cold methane seeps across the Atlantic Ocean from the Congo to the Gulf of Mexico. By culling data from the literature, the authors demonstrate, despite . . . → Read More: Tide Pool: Cool Seeps, Parasitic Nematodes, and Magnetic Sea Animals

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