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The Beauty of Rarity

Legend has it that Saint Patrick gave a four-leaf clover to a group of his followers; the fourth leaf put there by God to bring…

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How David Cassidy Introduced A Hawaiian Shell To The World

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David Cassidy, 70’s heartthrob and star of The Partridge Family, died today at age 67. In November of 1970, his hit song, “I Think I…

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The harrowing life of the violet snail

RR Helm July 6, 2017

For a long time when I thought of the violet snail a cold chill would run down my spine. I first learned about it after moving…

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Bring the hammer.

Dr. M March 22, 2017 adaptation bivalve Clam evolution hammer oyster

Prepare yourself for the hammer. No not that hammer. This one. The Malleidae, or the hammer oysters, is a suite of around 30 species, primarily…

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Look at These Amazing Deep-Sea Creatures from the Remote Pacific Right Now

Dr. M March 12, 2017

[View the story “Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas” on Storify]

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Craig With Big Things (and Small Things)

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I have a confession. I am obsessed with ridiculously large and small things. While other children impatiently anticipated toys for Christmas, I enjoyed just as…

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Video! The sea slug that looks and swims like a fish

RR Helm March 22, 2016

Out there in the open ocean is a nudibranch sea slug that looks like a fish, and for the last five months I’ve been obsessed…

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Malacology Monthly: Going Deep

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Sub-Neritic Gentrification For November we will be doing some deep thinking about deep-sea mollusks in an attempt to understand the complex history and adaptations of…

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Cephalopods: Masters of W.T.F? – Enough GIFs to Kill a Kraken

Douglas Long December 11, 2015 Chromatophores color change cuttlefish marine biology groovy as hell hunting laughing squid mollusk Octopus squid

With octopus, squid, & cuttlefish, reality is stranger than fiction. Shape-shifting, color-changing, or morphing into a Las Vegas billboard are nothing new for these real-life transformers.…

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6 times an invertebrate punched a vertebrate in the face (and it was awesome)

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A guest post from Katie Thomas, a graduate student at Duke University researching the evolution of bioluminescence in squids. (@katiethomas10) For those of us who love the…

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