Each week Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I discuss a recent paper from ResearchBlogging.org. This week was my turn to choose and we discussed the…
View More ResearchBlogCast #4: Decreasing Predator Size Increases Prey NumbersCategory: Fish
The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old Ostracods
KAZ – A new occasional series modeled from Ed Yong’s Pocket Science where I will briefly report a few cool studies and tell you why…
View More The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old OstracodsAnd the Rattail Was All Like ‘Dude! Just Trying to Get a Drink Here’
Serioulsy though, I cannot get enough of the Neptune Canada youtube channel. You won’t find this stuff on Animal Planet kids. Loving it! Whats your…
View More And the Rattail Was All Like ‘Dude! Just Trying to Get a Drink Here’Heading to Monterey!
I’m heading off for the rest of the week to work at Dr. M’s old stomping grounds, MBARI. I’ll be staying at the Moss Landing…
View More Heading to Monterey!The Deep Sea Is Chimaera Country
Beautiful, high-quality footage of Chimaeras captured by Neptune Canada. Story here.
View More The Deep Sea Is Chimaera CountryThe Dark Side of Male Pregnancy
Nicely narrated by Henry Gee! See the paper here: Paczolt KA, Jones AG (2010) Post-copulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in the evolution of male…
View More The Dark Side of Male PregnancyTiny Tuna for Japan
What. The. Fuck?!?1?11?11!!? (pardon my language) A proposal by Monaco to extend the highest level of U.N. protection to the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin,…
View More Tiny Tuna for JapanSpinach, Popeye, and Fishy Pigeons
Originally, Popeye the Sailor gained strength from rubbing the head of a rare chicken. Not until 1932 and thereafter did Popeye gain superhuman strength and…
View More Spinach, Popeye, and Fishy PigeonsFamily Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets
My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to…
View More Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm PacketsHelluva Halibut
Perusing the internet for maps, I came across the Cousteau Society’s World Ocean Census. They have several extracts available to read online. I clicked on…
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