Whale Sharks and Giant Squids: Big or Bu!!$hit?
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By , on February 7th, 2013 4 comments   Cephalopods, Ecology, Evolution, Fish, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , , , , ,  

The bubbles around me clear and as I regain my visibility my first thought is how wide is the mouth coming for me. Five feet? Six Feet? Will my whole body fit in there? As the whale shark closes the distance between us mouth first, I’m focused entirely on the size of the beast. It’s . . . → Read More: Whale Sharks and Giant Squids: Big or Bu!!$hit?

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Worst Evolutionary Designs? No! Brilliant Solutions to the Complexity of Nature and Constraints
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By , on July 30th, 2009 4 comments   Adaptations, Carnivals & Link Love, Mating & Reproduction, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , , , , , ,  

It’s been eight days since Miriam posted at Double XX This Wired piece on the 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs also made me want to smash some test tubes. It’s a stunningly inane list of animal adaptations that the author thinks are weird, uncontaminated by even the most basic knowledge of evolution. And the eight days . . . → Read More: Worst Evolutionary Designs? No! Brilliant Solutions to the Complexity of Nature and Constraints

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Sea Monsters of the Deep
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By , on April 22nd, 2009 One comment   Biology, Reviews, Scientist!   , , ,  

This month’s Science Illustrated discusses how some deep-sea organisms are larger than thier shallow water cousins. The article dicusses the processes that lead to this pecular evolutionary trajectory. The latter includes some quotes from yours truly and dicusses my work from 2006.