An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new paper by Boyce, Lewis, and Worm…
View More The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico BiodiversityCategory: Biology
ResearchBlogCast #11: A Population Genetics Species Concept?
A recent PLoS One paper by Birky and colleagues attempts to define species for asexual animals using the theoretical framework that has been developed by…
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An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- The western Pacific is broken land, plates…
View More The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill UrchinsYour Happiness Kills Crustaceans
Nearly 30-90% of the pharmaceuticals we digest are excreted in its active form. These active pharmaceuticals collect sewage systems and eventually make their way to…
View More Your Happiness Kills Crustaceans70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them
Straight men let’s face it. We will do anything if we think females will find it attractive. No matter how ludicrous, expensive, or time-consuming it…
View More 70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love ThemInteractions in the Dark Ocean
The deep sea, a vast, dark realm featuring disticntive organisms and serving as a massive reservoir of carbon, is the largest and leas explored ecosystem on Earth.…
View More Interactions in the Dark OceanMonsters of the Ancient Seas
This looks pretty cool! More under the fold!
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Yep, that’s right. They get it on with any male gamete that passes their way. They just don’t give a [rhymes with duck]. Boom chaka-laka-boom.…
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From Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press… Oil droplets have been found beneath the shells of tiny post-larval blue crabs drifting into Mississippi coastal marshes from offshore…
View More Oil In Gulf’s Food WebInvisible But Not Forgotten
I’m sure you’ve noticed by now how much the media loves tug-on-the-heartstrings images of oiled birds, dead fish and mile-wide slicks. But have you heard…
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