Author: Alistair Dove
Dr. Alistair Dove is a systematic and ecological parasitologist by training, with broader research interests in the natural history and health of marine animals, especially whale sharks. He is currently Director of Research and Conservation at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta USA. His comments here do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Georgia Aquarium
The innaugural DSN retreat is upon us!
I can’t tell you how excited I am that all (yes, ALL) of the current DSN bloggers will be united this weeked for the very…
View More The innaugural DSN retreat is upon us!PLoS Blogs features DSN
Stacy Konkiel at the EveryONE blog at PLoS has a new post up about different ways scientists are using social media, including yours truly and…
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On common names
Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness,…
View More On common namesThe friendly shark
The Snickers and PETA billboard folks could learn a thing or two from this ad:
View More The friendly sharkOf great whites and great depths
On Friday I had cause to meet with a gent called Marco Flagg and it turned into one of the more interesting chats I’ve had…
View More Of great whites and great depthsCopepod awesomesauce
Check this out: That right there is one gorgeous copepod, one of the bigger and more important groups of planktonic crustaceans. It looks huge but…
View More Copepod awesomesauceGetting on the same page with Science Journalists
Nature’s online editor Ananyo Bhattacharya wrote a piece for UK paper The Guardian’s science desk that has got me scratching my head today, and judging…
View More Getting on the same page with Science JournalistsA conversation with Mark Hay aboard the Aquarius habitat
Ten days ago I had a conversation with Dr. Mark Hay from Georgia Tech where he was at the Aquarius ReefBase habitat on the bottom…
View More A conversation with Mark Hay aboard the Aquarius habitatBaby Nautilus, is there anything cuter?
My colleagues Dr. Bruce Carlson – recently retired – and Marj Awai were the first folks to successfully collect chambered nautilus for display in public…
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