We as humans have three fundamental questions. Where do we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone in the universe? The answers to…
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Finding The Perfect Home That Just Screams YOU!
Hermit Crab Changes Shell & Hermit in a Bottle “After having looked for years, we finally saw a hermit crab in the act of switching…
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With Mardi Gras recently passing, I was privileged to partake of a King Cake graciously offered by a coworker. Originally European in tradition, the riche…
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View More Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4 Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4 Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant
In 1899 a French zoologist named Edouard Chevreux with an inordinate fondness for crustaceans officially described two crustaceans from the deepest parts of the ocean.…
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I celebrated another lap around the sun this weekend, and in honour of that my friend Betty, who lives in Arizona, sent me a rather…
View More Extinct life is like a box of chocolatesPerverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate…
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“There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.” Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog.
View More TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome
I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE…
View More I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesomeLet It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Oh the dark deep sea is frightful, But the food not so delightful, But since we’ve got no place to go, Let It Marine…
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