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By , on February 14th, 2013 2 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms   , , , , , ,  

Alexandria Warneke is a masters student at San Diego State University. You may remember that Alex had a Scifund project asking for funds to support her research in chemical ecology. I so was impressed with Alex video dropping made science rhymes over the beat of Fresh Prince of Bel Air that I asked her to . . . → Read More: Nothing says let’s get it on…

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By , on February 14th, 2013 Leave a comment   Art   ,  

Hat tip to Aquaman Shrine

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By , on February 14th, 2009 2 comments   Carnivals & Link Love, Organisms   , , , , , ,  

I’m really enjoying The Oyster’s Garter these days. Miriam Goldstein keeps me updated with important nature stories like “When sponges ruled the Earth” 635 million years ago in the Early Cambrian epoch, just before the Cambrian explosion. Since more than 90% of modern sponges resemble those ancient sponges, perhaps there’s something to be said for . . . → Read More: She said spawning

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Squid Cuts Body of Sexual Partner
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By , on February 9th, 2009 3 comments   Adaptations, Cephalopods, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Organisms, Scientist!   , , , , , , , , ,  

So was I thinking we could light a few candles, have some wine, and then… Yeah, squids are freaky…real freaky freaks. An article over at Practical Fish Keeping details the work of recent PhD Henk-Jan Hoving. His dissertation makes mine look like rainbows and unicorns. The thrust of his work was to study reproductive techniques . . . → Read More: Squid Cuts Body of Sexual Partner

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