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Some 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*.…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Sorry Brunswick County, ID STILL Not Science

Kevin Zelnio May 5, 2011 Brunswick County creationism Dover evolution Intelligent Design Judge John Jones Kitzmiller

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…

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Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame

Dr. M February 24, 2011 ammonoid anoxia Cambrian explosion coal fly ash extintion flood basalt mass extinction Organisms Paleobiology Permian Siberian Trap

An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Heightened biodiversity may make an ecosystem more stabile…

Evolution Social Sciences

Darwin Day Repost – Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin And His Beloved Barnacles

Kevin Zelnio February 12, 2011 Archetype Barnacle Best of Zelnio Charles Darwin Cirripedes Cryptophialus Darwin Darwin Day Erasmus Darwin evolution Hermaphroditism HMS Beagle Homology John Hooker Lamarck Mr. Arthrobalanus On the Origin of Species Richard Owen Robert Chambers taxonomy Vestiges Zoonomia

This post was based on a talk I gave for Darwin Day last year at the Duke Marine Lab. Reposting in honor of Darwin Day.…

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Deep-Sea Creatures Play in the Same Band

Dr. M February 6, 2011 bathyal biogeography brittle star latitude

I am really loving the new paper by O’Hara et al. The gist is we typically think of the different oceans having unique sets of…

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Red Means Go: Coral, Color, and Climate Change

RickMac February 1, 2011 conservation coral reefs Genetics

One of the defining decision points of life: Settle-down and make a living close to the familiar particulars of your birthplace or venture out to…

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Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on the To Humble Diatom

Archie Teuthis January 15, 2011 Carbon diatom frustules phytoplankton Scientist In Residence

Dear Diatoms, You are pretty, and I like you. Haeckel liked you too, so did Gaudi. Obviously, they appreciated the little things in life. While…

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Barnacle Evolution I: Phylogeny Served Without Plates

Kevin Zelnio January 10, 2011 Barnacle Best of Zelnio Darwin evolution Hydrothermal Vent Morphology Phylogenetics shell Stalked Barnacle Systematics taxonomy

Barnacle evolution was recently rewritten by a large effort of Perez-Losada and colleagues in 2008. Using a combination of genes and morphological traits they rejected…

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Move Over Boneworm, the Bone Snail is Taking Over

Kevin Zelnio December 17, 2010 Best of Zelnio bone MBARI Nutrition Osedax Radula Rubyspira Trophic Ecology Whale Fall

You’ve all heard about the bone-eating zombie worm from hell. Yeah it was like OK, but whatever. It had its day like, you know, way…

Adaptations Evolution New Research

Guest Post: The Secret to Flexibility in a Glass Sponge

Kevin Zelnio December 7, 2010 aquanautix biomaterials Biomimetics Bioprospecting Glass Sponge Hyalonema Porifera Spicules sponge

Aquanautix is a PhD marine biologist interested in deep-sea exploration, science, education, and policy. For more posts like these see the new Aquanautix Blog, online…

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