By Eric Schwaner via DeviantArt Warning: This post is rated PG-13 and is safe for work, but contains links to NSFW adult-only content. Click at your own risk. Most marine scientists remain blissfully unaware of the existence of tentacle-themed pornography, which originated from Japan. The paths of people who work with real life tentacle-creatures and . . . → Read More: Interview: New anthology of tentacle porn reaches for marine conservation
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  February 2nd, 2012  4 comments  Books/Media, Cephalopods!  Books, Cephalopod, Human-Nature Interaction, Porn, Reproduction, sex, Tentacle By Miriam Goldstein, on January 17th, 2012 One comment Critters, Mating & Reproduction apophallation, banana slug, Mollusc, sex 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!
By RickMac, on September 23rd, 2011 One comment Cephalopods!, Coral, Critters, Mating & Reproduction Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow, Gettin' It On, Mating, sex A friend of CORAL, Dr Steve Cohen, passed along this great footage he captured of some randy cuttlefish on the reefs at the Wakatobi Dive Resort in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. No lascivious copulation, sneaker males, or sperm displacement observed, but cool nonetheless. Thanks Steve! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}A friend of CORAL, Dr Steve Cohen, . . . → Read More: Your Friday Cuttlefish
By Dr. M, on August 17th, 2011 3 comments Adaptations, Cephalopods!, Life Science, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Open Access competition, egg, oviduct, Reproduction, sex, sperm, squid All sperm are not the same. Among fruit flies the longer the reproductive tract of the female the longer the sperm. In tiny crustaceans called ostracods, sperm length can range from several hundred micrometers to several millimeters. And here is some trivia for your next cocktail party, sperm in ostracods can even be longer than . . . → Read More: There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 27th, 2011 12 comments Bringin' It, Opinion, Ramblings outreach, Science Outreach, sex, Women in Science I attended the women in blogging session at Science Online, and I’ve been watching the discussion on women in the blogosphere with some bemusement. My personal experience seems to be quite different than that of many others, but I can’t help seeing a strange disconnect between the current earnest discussion of how to get more . . . → Read More: Let’s talk about sex (in science)
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 6th, 2010 14 comments Evolution Amphipod, RB Editor's Selection, sex You are probably aware that Smoove A* is an authority on crustaceous love. Some have gone so far as to describe Smoove A as the authority on all multi-legged ladies. I am an amphipod (Gammara pulex), a microscopic crustacean that inhabits lakes and streams, and I cannot confirm or deny this report, I can only . . . → Read More: How To Cuddle Your Lady Right, by Smoove A
By Dr. M, on September 23rd, 2010 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction, Megavertebrate, New Research, New Species, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls food, lobster, magnetic field, Methane Seep, mollusk, navigation, nematode, Parasite, sex, The Tide Pool, turtle 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
By Miriam Goldstein, on September 23rd, 2010 5 comments Mating & Reproduction Australia, Sea Slug, sex [EDIT: Except the slugs are in New Zealand, not Australia - brain fail! Sorry to all Down Under. See comments below for an invigorating discussion of who is more toxic.] The very fate of Australia hinges on the shenanigans of slutty sea slugs. Ok, maybe not the fate of an entire continent, but certainly the . . . → Read More: Molluscan sexcapades cause unrest in Australia
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 15th, 2010 One comment Mating & Reproduction, Megavertebrate Dolphin, Jennifer Garner, Letterman, Penis, sex When will it stop??? When will the world see how disgusting and perverse these creatures are? When will you see them for who they REALLY are?? When? WHEN?? Video removed because it was getting hung up from CBS tracking code. See it at the Huffington Post. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}When will it stop??? When will the world see how disgusting and perverse these creatures are? When will you see them for who they REALLY are?? When? WHEN?? Video removed… By Dr. M, on October 19th, 2009 8 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Mating & Reproduction, New Research Aerosmith, Disney, gonads, hermaphrodite, Madonna, protandric, Reproduction, sex, whale, Whale Fall 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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