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How much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun information

The response to the Kaiju post has been amazing and of course everyone has suggested alterations to the calculations. For background, biologists know that much…

Abyss Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Organisms

How may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?

Dr. M July 15, 2013 Blue Whale body size calories energy feeding Godzilla Hong Kong Kaiju Komodo Dragon lizards Metabolism Pacific Rim predator prey robots Ron Perlman Sea monster

Warning this may contain spoilers The short answer is not as many as you think. I spent Saturday watching Pacific Rim. The movie has everything…

Dumping Ecology Intertidal Mollusk

The side effects NOT on the label

Alex Warneke June 26, 2013 Antidepressant ecotoxicology Gastropoda Pharmaceuticals Pollutant

The intertidal can be a pretty rough place to call home. You have to deal with what seems like a whole web of trophic levels…

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TGIF – Magical Quintana Roo

Alistair Dove June 21, 2013 Blue Realm Ch'ooj Ajauil conservation cownosed ray Georgia Aquarium mahi mahi manta ray marine biology Mexico mobula Quintana Roo Research whale shark

Every year, the world’s largest fish gathers to feed (and feed, and FEED) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in eastern Yucatan, in numbers larger…

Biology Conservation & Environment Ecology Fishing Organisms Pelagic

An overfishing story told by bird collagen

Dr. M June 2, 2013 birds Carbon food web hawaii isotope Nitrogen Overfishing petrels trophic

Meet The Hawaiian Petrel (or ʻUaʻu or Pterodroma sandwichensis) a bird species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands but with an appetite causing it to dine on…