Do I really need to point out the error here? At least they got it down to Kingdom correctly… Click on the image to go…
View More Examiner Taxonomy FAILCategory: Organisms
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s day to all our daddy-readers. Here is a new clip National Geographic on the rare, endangered Knysha seahorse, one of Earth’s great fathers.…
View More Happy Father’s Day!Giant. Freaking. Clams.
That is all.
View More Giant. Freaking. Clams.Antarctica – Below Zero
Antarctica – Below Zero from Alex.Be. on Vimeo. Hat tip to Chris Mah.
View More Antarctica – Below ZeroWhat in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!
Lynn Margulis classified the Chaetognaths, known as arrow worms, as deuterostomes. Deuterostomy is characterized by several developmental characteristics including radial, indeterminate cleavage, a posterior position…
View More What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!Spawning in the Oil
Hat tip to commenter Kelly. Consider the Bluefin Tuna. Highly prized meat, commercially valuable, the science points to serious over-harvesting, yet was not deemed by…
View More Spawning in the OilOil Spill Puts Cold, Deepwater Corals At Risk
From Science Daily… Thousands of barrels of oil are leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon site each day. The oil ascends from depths of approximately…
View More Oil Spill Puts Cold, Deepwater Corals At RiskThe Last Refuge
UPDATE: Glendon is now offering this beautiful piece of deep-sea art as prints on his website! Products range from cards to full size poster prints…
View More The Last RefugeCircus of the Oiled Spineless #51
The Circus of the Spineless is now past 50 editions. This is one of the longest survived blog carnivals out there thanks to an awesome…
View More Circus of the Oiled Spineless #51Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of Calcification
The deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni (Hexactinellida) has the world’s largest known biosilica structure! A silicate spicule that can grow up to 3 meters long. That’s…
View More Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of Calcification