Need a break from oil spill sadness? Check out the excellent blog Vulgar Army. Written by Michelle Farran, its purpose is to “criticise themes in…
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Circus of the Spineless #50: The Mantis Shrimp Strikes Back/Drosophapocalypse Now Edition
No words can escape the pure unadulterated awesomeness that is Circus of the Spineless #50 over at the spectacular Arthropoda blog. Go for the DrosophApocalypse…
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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…
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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…
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He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world-Horace It is good to carry some powered rouge in one’s…
View More Samurai and Deep-Sea Loricifera Should Use More RougeWhat’s New With the Dr. M and the Oceans?
You might have noticed that my posting frequency is down recently. Why? 1. Kevin Z convinced me to start Tweeting. There seems to be an…
View More What’s New With the Dr. M and the Oceans?Fiddler Crabs Moult for a Breath of Fresh Air
Everyone knows that all crabs moult. Its no secret. When you wear you skeleton on the outside, its difficult to find the room to grow.…
View More Fiddler Crabs Moult for a Breath of Fresh AirCrittercam Reveals the Vile Secret Truth of Sea Lions
This is a travesty. Octopus everywhere are being decimated by these horrible creatures. Thankfully, we have learned the truth through National Geographic’s crittercam. Sadly though,…
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