[This is a repost originally published at my old blog, DeepTypeFlow] A grain of sand represents many things to a baby turtle. While still within…
View More To see the world in a grain of sand – movement from a turtle hatchling’s perspectiveCategory: Evolution
Invertebrate Wannabe
After reading a recent paper in the journal Coral Reefs on the ability of Harlequin filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) to masquerade as branching stony coral (abstract…
View More Invertebrate WannabeTGIF: The Cambrian Explosion Song
Because it’s Friday and you need to begin every Friday morning with a song about the Cambrian Explosion
View More TGIF: The Cambrian Explosion SongTGIF: Eel larvae
The larvae of eels and other related species are called small heads or in the fancier Greek, Leptocephalus. The video above should give you some…
View More TGIF: Eel larvaeAssembling the Little Skate Genome
This past week I was visiting the University of Delaware to attend the 3rd Skate Genome Annotation workshop, sponsored by the IDeA Network for Biomedical…
View More Assembling the Little Skate GenomeRepost: Hydromedusae Mounts Ninja Style Invasion
Preface: After several beers at DSN central. Dr. M and I decided this needed to be reposted. Don’t ask questions. Just read it and enjoy…
View More Repost: Hydromedusae Mounts Ninja Style InvasionA bunch of hot heads
Driving through more remote parts of the Australian countryside when I was a young tacker, my Dad would often stop the old Mazda Capella so…
View More A bunch of hot headsScientists Take Darwin on the Road
Readers may recall me be posting about NESCent’s Darwin Day Road Show. Miller-McCune graciously allowed me to write up the experience for them. Please take…
View More Scientists Take Darwin on the RoadSome Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up
Some of us never grow up. In fact I am writing this now in my Aquaman pajamas while laying on Return of the Jedi bedsheets*.…
View More Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow UpFrom the Editor’s Desk: Sorry Brunswick County, ID STILL Not Science
A couple weeks ago I was alerted to a newspaper article from the Brunswick Beacon, serving the Brunswick County next door to me in beautiful…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: Sorry Brunswick County, ID STILL Not Science