The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report put out by the Centers for Disease Control makes for fascinating reading sometimes. One came out recently that contains…
View More You want mustard with that clam?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
It’s not uterUS, it’s uterME
Dear Abby, It’s just not fair. There I was, a freshly produced sand tiger shark embryo, developing nicely and making my way down the ovarian…
View More It’s not uterUS, it’s uterMETGIF – Wonderful Whale Sharks
Sorry for the silence of late, just spinning a few too many plates. One of those plates was an invited lecture in the STEM lecture…
View More TGIF – Wonderful Whale SharksExtraordinary dolphin footage
In my inbox today was this video of a remarkable bit of animal behaviour captured on video. It shows the famous manta night dive in…
View More Extraordinary dolphin footageA murder of crows and a stipple of whale sharks?
(A Crow Left of the Murder is a particularly excellent Incubus album, btw) One of the recent papers out of my group describes an unprecedented…
View More A murder of crows and a stipple of whale sharks?DSN community, I need your help
I’m going to shameless co-opt the DSN soapbox for selfish research purposes for a moment. Do you know anyone who lives near Seadrift TX, east of…
View More DSN community, I need your helpThe lack of the Irish!
I love St Paddy’s Day. I’m Scots-Irish-Australian, so I never drink (baddum-tish!), but I do like bangers and mash and all things gaelic. In pondering…
View More The lack of the Irish!Mysterious Mobula mass mortality
From the Italian news site La Repubblica comes this disturbing story (with 15 graphic pictures) of a mass stranding of “manta” rays on a beach…
View More Mysterious Mobula mass mortalityHasta la proxima, Kevin
As Kevin moves on to snowier pastures, I want to offer a different perspective on his contributions to DSN and the world of science. In…
View More Hasta la proxima, KevinLike nurdles through the bongo net, so are the days of her blogging…
As Miriam’s matzoh ball drifts gently away from our shore and towards another, I’m struggling with several different emotions, most of which cannot so neatly…
View More Like nurdles through the bongo net, so are the days of her blogging…