Mark Gibson is a divemaster, social scientist, and independent writer living in Washington, DC. He can be found blogging at Breaching the Blue. You can find Mark on twitter @breachingblue. The following post is cross-posted at his blog here. —————————————— How many marine species are there? It is a question that stumped even the . . . → Read More: New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species
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By Archie Teuthis, on  August 30th, 2011  One comment  Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, New Research  Animal Kingdom, Biodiversity, Catalogue of Life, Census of Marine Life, CoML, Ian Poiner, Mark Gibson, Species Accumulation Curve, Species Discovery, Species Diversity, taxonomy, World Register of Marine Species, WORMS By Miriam Goldstein, on August 12th, 2011 17 comments Critters crawfish, crayfish, lobster, taxonomy, Zabar's Lobster or crayfish? Photo © Biopix: JC Schou The New York media is all aflame over a shocking discovery at local institution Zabar’s. Zabar’s, an Upper West Side gourmet grocery store is justly famed for its amazing coffee, cheese, and baked goods (the chocolate babka is especially glorious). But for the last 15 years, the . . . → Read More: Are crawfish really lobster?
By para_sight, on April 5th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, New Species Amazon, Elasmobranchia, taxonomy Stingrays always look so awesome on x-rays. Look at this beauty in a new New Scientist article about a new Zootaxa article on a new genus of stingrays, Heliotrygon. Beautiful aren’t they? Heliotrygon, a new genus of Amazon freshwater stingray Stingrays always look so awesome on x-rays. Look at this beauty in a new New Scientist article about a new Zootaxa article on a new genus of stingrays, Heliotrygon. Beautiful aren’t they? By para_sight, on April 5th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, New Research, New Species, Uncategorized coral reefs, digenea, parasites, taxonomy Coomera brayi Dove & Cribb 1995 Hi, my name’s Al and I’m a parasitologist (Hi Al!) #AA I’ve just read a most remarkable paper by my PhD advisor, Dr. Tom Cribb (University of Queensland), and his close colleague Dr. Rod Bray (NHM London, ret.). In it, they describe patterns in the history of taxonomic . . . → Read More: Its the end of the worm as we know it
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 12th, 2011 3 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Evolution Archetype, Barnacle, Best of Zelnio, Charles Darwin, Cirripedes, Cryptophialus, Darwin, Darwin Day, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Hermaphroditism, HMS Beagle, Homology, John Hooker, Lamarck, Mr. Arthrobalanus, On the Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, taxonomy, Vestiges, Zoonomia This post was based on a talk I gave for Darwin Day last year at the Duke Marine Lab. Reposting in honor of Darwin Day. Enjoy your day and make sure you take a walk in the woods and enjoy nature’s splendor in honor one of biology’s main men today! —————————————- As part of Darwin . . . → Read More: Darwin Day Repost – Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin And His Beloved Barnacles
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 6th, 2011 7 comments Deep Sea 101 Animals Oceanographers, Best of Zelnio, Census of Marine Life, CoML, Crabeater Seal, Elephant Seal, HMAP, OBIS, RB Editor's Selection, seal, Swordfish, taxonomy ←Previous lesson: Introduction and What Is the Deep Sea? Click image to go to Census of Marine Life! Last week we kicked off our online class with an introduction to the deep sea environment. Before we continue on to spend a bit of time talking about the history of deep-sea exploration, I want to discuss . . . → Read More: Deep Sea 101: Lessons from the Census of Marine Life
By Dr Bik, on January 20th, 2011 6 comments Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Life Science, Opinion, Ramblings, Scientist! Biodiversity, Genetics, kinorhynch, nematode, tardigrade, taxonomy Dr. M’s article in Wired truly stirred something in me this morning. We need to put names on things. I’m a scientist who has always strived to be integrative—I believe you need to understand all sides of a debate in order to fix the root of the problem. I’ve tried everything from traditional nematode taxonomy, . . . → Read More: Biodiversity crisis-a call to arms for scientists?
By Dr. M, on January 19th, 2011 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Carnivals & Link Love, Opinion, Ramblings, Scientist! Biodiversity, crisis, extinction, Scientist!, species, taxonomy, Wired Check out my new article on Wired. For fun you may want to check out the comments. We are currently in a biodiversity crisis. A quarter of all mammals face extinction, and 90 percent of the largest ocean fish are gone. Species are going extinct at rates equaled only five times in the history . . . → Read More: The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species | Wired Science | Wired.com
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 10th, 2011 3 comments Adaptations, Evolution, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Barnacle, Best of Zelnio, Darwin, evolution, Hydrothermal Vent, Morphology, Phylogenetics, shell, Stalked Barnacle, Systematics, taxonomy Lepas anatifera from Washington state, USA. Photo credit: David Cowles 1997. Barnacle evolution was recently rewritten by a large effort of Perez-Losada and colleagues in 2008. Using a combination of genes and morphological traits they rejected some of the ideas that were foundational to barnacle biology and taxonomy, while giving new support for other . . . → Read More: Barnacle Evolution I: Phylogeny Served Without Plates
By Dr. M, on September 12th, 2010 8 comments Biodiversity Biodiversity, biodiversity crisis, extinction, nematode, New Species, taxonomy A professor once told me that if you removed everything from earth and just left the nematodes you would still recognize the outlines of everything. I have absolutely no idea if this is even remotely true. I do know that, hyperbole aside, nematodes represent one of the most abundant forms of life on earth. The . . . → Read More: How Many Deep-Sea Nematodes Are There & Why We Many Never Know
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