Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More Scientist in Residence: Is It Time to Relax Fishing Regulations?Category: Organisms
Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans
If you’ve ever talked to me in person for more than 5 minutes, I’ve probably mentioned the !#$%*ING AWESOMENESS of high-throughput sequencing. Frankly, I’m a…
View More Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceansSharks, The News Cycle, And The Madness of Mobs
My life for the past few months has been all about sharks. Mind you, I’m not complaining. A confluence of opportunities has me building…
View More Sharks, The News Cycle, And The Madness of MobsSome Aussie fish I have known
In honour of a current visit to the ancestral homeland (Australia), I thought I’d share some fish species Aussies (from the southern states at least)…
View More Some Aussie fish I have knownScientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago…
View More Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just WhalesA Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and Worms
Dear Readers, In the summer of ‘06 I, a Southern gentleman in my finest white linen suit*, find myself in the lower portion of England. …
View More A Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and WormsJapan Finds Radiation in Fish
Go back to work there is nothing to see here Japanese authorities said Tuesday they had discovered for the first time fish swimming off the…
View More Japan Finds Radiation in FishSpeaking of new genera
Stingrays always look so awesome on x-rays. Look at this beauty in a new New Scientist article about a new Zootaxa article on a new…
View More Speaking of new generaIts the end of the worm as we know it
Hi, my name’s Al and I’m a parasitologist (Hi Al!) #AA I’ve just read a most remarkable paper by my PhD advisor, Dr. Tom Cribb…
View More Its the end of the worm as we know it