A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the Scripps library being closed due to budget problems. Nothing’s changed with the budget situation, but many people…
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Submit to Ecology on the Web!
Have a great blog post or discussion that you want to share with fellow ecologists? Jarrett Byrnes of I’m a Chordata wants to feature YOU…
View More Submit to Ecology on the Web!Sea Shanty Saturday: Chicken on a Raft
In honor of Southern Fried Scientist & Bluegrass Blue Crab’s new chickens, I give you the popular mock-shanty “Chicken on a Raft.” Written by British…
View More Sea Shanty Saturday: Chicken on a RaftThar she blows (a tissue)!
If you’ve ever wanted to respond to a request for a tissue with “THAR SHE BLOWS!!!”, this whale-shaped tissue holder gives you that glorious chance.…
View More Thar she blows (a tissue)!The Lost Thing
This weekend, I saw all the Oscar-nominated animated short films, cause I am nerdy like that. The Lost Thing was my very very favorite, not…
View More The Lost ThingBudget problems may force Scripps oceanography library to close
California is broke, largely thanks to incompetent stewardship and Proposition 13, which limits the amount of income the state can bring in from property taxes.…
View More Budget problems may force Scripps oceanography library to closeSea Shanty Saturday: Molasses!
My grandfather claimed that he remembered seeing the sticky aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919, when a huge molasses storage tank broke and…
View More Sea Shanty Saturday: Molasses!Please enjoy this inappropriate octopus
While Craig is touring the country with his pet giant squid, Kevin is resting on his publication laurels, Rick is saving coral reefs down in…
View More Please enjoy this inappropriate octopusSea Shanty Saturday
A couple weeks ago Rick made what might be the Best. Comment. Ever. on Scicurious’ and my conversation about sex in science. I had admitted…
View More Sea Shanty SaturdayTeach your kids about cephalopods really, really early
What could possibly go wrong with teaching a baby to associate tentacles with food? Nothing! But if you’re worried, Handamade’s Etsy shop also has shark…
View More Teach your kids about cephalopods really, really early