Coryphaenoides armatus arrive to feed on bait (mackerel) set by ROBIO. Photo from here A recent study by Barry and Drazen (open access)notes that some…
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The Largest Arthropod Ever!
Caption below under next figure: Image from “Giant claw reveals the largest ever arthropod” (2007), Biology Letters The arthropods we are familiar with today tend…
View More The Largest Arthropod Ever!The Daily Going Ons Of Deep-Sea Fish
New cool research from Wagner et al. that despite the lack of “day” and “night”, deep-sea fish experience daily cycles. What is the trigger? Diurnal…
View More The Daily Going Ons Of Deep-Sea FishAttack of the Crab Man!
I was just thinking the other day how I wish I had crab claws so I could crush academic opposition. Grab the children and run…
View More Attack of the Crab Man!Octopod Teeth
Many of you have probably seen this already. No doubt, you have said something like This thing has teeth where a beak should be —…
View More Octopod TeethTardigrade Space Program
Tardigrades are a paradox. There are less than 1,000 species globally yet they can survive anything-temperature extremes, starvation, irradiation, dehydration, vacuums, and the pressures of…
View More Tardigrade Space ProgramTemperature Not Pressure
Sunday evening the intelligent and lovely Sheril Kirshenbaum posited a question that I have received many times. The question is always a good one because…
View More Temperature Not PressureExperiments in ocean acidification
Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to more dissolved CO2 in the world’s oceans. In turn this will increase the hydrogen ion…
View More Experiments in ocean acidificationWhy Don't All Whales Have Cancer?
Knowing my fascination with body size variation among organisms , Peter sent a link along for a new paper, “Why don’t all whales have cancer?…
View More Why Don't All Whales Have Cancer?Why Don’t All Whales Have Cancer?
Knowing my fascination with body size variation among organisms , Peter sent a link along for a new paper, “Why don’t all whales have cancer?…
View More Why Don’t All Whales Have Cancer?