In 1964 S.B. Mirsa, a graduate student at Memorial University in Newfoundland, discovered a group of well-preserved fossilized soft-body animals. Subsequent research revealed the fauna…
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Pollution in deep-sea squid
You would think that deep-sea squid could hide from human pollution like dichlorodiphenyl- trichloroethane (DDT) and tributyltin (TBT), but these and other persistent organic pollutants…
View More Pollution in deep-sea squidMore Types of Bacteria In Tropical Waters
Beware when you go on tropical holiday. Species richness of bacteria is higher in those waters. For many organisms on land (birds, mammals, snails, plants,…
View More More Types of Bacteria In Tropical WatersEpsilonproteobacteria Everywhere
“Epsilonproteobacteria, it turns out, are one of the predominant groups of extremophiles in marine systems. In one environmental DNA sample taken from a hydrothermal vent,…
View More Epsilonproteobacteria EverywhereFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Little People Attacked by Giant Squid
I am a big fan of Slinkachu out of London. The art is best described by the subtitle of the project itself “A Tiny Street…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Little People Attacked by Giant SquidTGIF: Running of the Squid
Bacteria On Rocks
Here’s a quiz for you kids. Which of the habitats above possesses the most microbes? A. Fresh Volcanic Basalt on the seafloor, B. Sargasso Sea…
View More Bacteria On RocksGettin’ the Squid On
Via Kevin’s Other Blog, which I thought we had assimilated, I see that Te Papa has made the lectures from the Colossal Squid event earlier…
View More Gettin’ the Squid OnGettin' the Squid On
Via Kevin’s Other Blog, which I thought we had assimilated, I see that Te Papa has made the lectures from the Colossal Squid event earlier…
View More Gettin' the Squid OnI guess sea cucumbers are all right
Because of my previous trumpeting many of you may believe I scoff at anything non-mollusca. Untrue! I say! Indeed, I am friend of all invertebrate.…
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