Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor. They range from small fragments to 2000+ pound behemoths. Ligneous cadavers litter the seafloor, a last resting place for visitors from a faraway and drier place, becoming rare as . . . → Read More: A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts
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By Dr. M, on  April 27th, 2012  9 comments  Adaptations, Ecology, Evolution, Expeditions, New Research, New Species, Organisms  endosymbiotic bacteria, lumber, Squat Lobster, timber, tree, Wood, woodfall, Xylophaga, Xyloplax By Kevin Zelnio, on March 20th, 2012 One comment Adaptations, Evolution, Paleobiology Echinodermata, echinoderms, Evolutionary History, fossil, Madreporite, Phylogeny, Radial Symmetry, Water Vascular System, Xyloplax Graphic used with permission. Daniel D. Brown, LaughingMantis.com. Echinoderms are one of the most highly derived groups of animals with many species as significant components of several marine communities. They’re classified by three fundamental shared characteristics: 1) pentaradial symmetry, 2) skeleton made of three-dimensional calcitic elements, and 3) the presence of a water . . . → Read More: Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular System
By Dr. M, on May 8th, 2011 One comment Adaptations, Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Organisms development, Echinodermata, Phylogenetics, progensis, woodfall, Xyloplax Not your typical Echinoderm. This female specimen of a Xyloplax seastar was collected along the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of the state of Washington; it measures less than a quarter-inch (4 mm) and shows brooded embryos Some of us never grow up. In fact I am writing this now in my Aquaman . . . → Read More: Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up
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