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.…
View More Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, InhibitionsCategory: New Research
Sometimes I Love My Job (Part II)
[cross-posted at the SEAPLEX blog] The romance of the sea, at least in my mind, is tied to the Age of Sail. This might be…
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The ‘hidden’ ecological catastrophe is manifesting itself…. Starting yesterday night we have been seeing a large number of dead sea cucumbers floating on the surface.…
View More Mass Murder of Sea Cucumbers near the Deepwater SiteWhy Oil-Laden Prey is Bad for Sea Birds
Oil is bad for wildlife. Period. But we really do not understand how it is bad. What does it do? Can marine organisms respond physiologically…
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The longest data series on plastic in the open sea was collected by the student-sailor-scientists of the Sea Education Association (SEA). SEA runs the Sea…
View More Journey to the North Atlantic Gyre with Plastics at SEAResearchBlogCast #8: Protecting the Environment Reduces Poverty?
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I discuss a paper that was recently blogged on in the Researchblogging.org. This week I chose the following…
View More ResearchBlogCast #8: Protecting the Environment Reduces Poverty?What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!
Lynn Margulis classified the Chaetognaths, known as arrow worms, as deuterostomes. Deuterostomy is characterized by several developmental characteristics including radial, indeterminate cleavage, a posterior position…
View More What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of Calcification
The deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni (Hexactinellida) has the world’s largest known biosilica structure! A silicate spicule that can grow up to 3 meters long. That’s…
View More Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of CalcificationResearchBlogCast #7: New Model of Cooperation
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I tackle a paper that was recently blogged about on ResearchBlogging.org. This week, Razib picked out a paper…
View More ResearchBlogCast #7: New Model of CooperationThe Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)
An occasional series where I briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- How could not think of the colossal…
View More The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)