The following post is authored by Catherine Chen as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. Sixty million times.…
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“Fish are friends. Not food.” What Finding Nemo Taught Me About Sharks
The following post is authored by Leo Gaskins as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. I can…
View More “Fish are friends. Not food.” What Finding Nemo Taught Me About SharksCan Animals Directly Harness Solar Energy? Apparently So…
The following post is authored by Frank Lee as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. The summer is…
View More Can Animals Directly Harness Solar Energy? Apparently So…TGIF – Tusk tusk…
…that’s a lot of scrimshaw. Video doing the rounds this week of some walruses hauled out at Point Lay Alaska. No biggie, right? Oh yeah,…
View More TGIF – Tusk tusk…LOL Ocean Giants
As part of Sizing Ocean Giants, I asked students last week to generate LOLCat style memes for their study organisms. The Rules: It must include…
View More LOL Ocean GiantsHow the Whale Got His Throat and Other Musings by a Nubbly Human
The following post is authored by Catharine Chen as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. Adapted from Just…
View More How the Whale Got His Throat and Other Musings by a Nubbly HumanGrowing Large on Jelly
The following post is authored by Caroline Schanche as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size.…
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Bards of the Brine
Recently, I have been romping around in Thesisland. This may sound similar to Candyland. I assure you, it is not, though there are some resemblances.…
View More Bards of the BrineThe Most Boring Squid on Earth?
Much speculation occurs among biologists about the uses for all those arms and tentacles in squids. Eight arms and two tentacles seem like appendage overkill. …
View More The Most Boring Squid on Earth?Like Shark Week, But with Actual Facts
Ed Yong inspires me. It’s Shark Week, and the Discovery Channel have already jumped the shark with a fake documentary, asking if a giant prehistoric…
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