7. Russian Wreck, South Egyptian Red Sea Known simply as the “Russian Wreck”, this sunken ship is thought by some to have been the Khanka,…
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Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
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…
View More Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!TGIF – Antarctic Ice Arch Collapse
Via Chris Rowan (@Allochthonous) on Twitter, comes this excellent and beautiful sequence of an ice arch collapsing in Antarctica.
View More TGIF – Antarctic Ice Arch CollapseTGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.
“There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.” Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog.
View More TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium…
View More Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientistsI hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome
I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE…
View More I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesomeWhat Crabs Are The Fightiest?
So a good friend of mine asked this weekend on Facebook what kind of crabs are the fightiest. Great question! First, for the sake of…
View More What Crabs Are The Fightiest?The Biodiverse Universe
Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to…
View More The Biodiverse UniverseTides, How DO They $%!&in’ Work?!?
So, Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly was apparently baffled about the science behind tides, using it as an ammo when talking to an atheist leader…
View More Tides, How DO They $%!&in’ Work?!?What’s in a name? Origins of the word “shark”
This article is reposted from my old blog Deep Type Flow and was originally published 7/12/2010 To a recent roundup of whale shark news, I appended…
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