This is a special report Jarrett Byrnes, a marine ecologist at University California, Santa Barbara and blogger at I’m a Chordata, Urochordata. ————————————– Something new…
View More Curiouser and CuriouserCategory: Opinion & Editorial
How One Sushi Chef Transitioned to Sustainability
Water Blogged, the blog of the Living Oceans Society, has a very nice post up about why it is important to educate yourself about sushi.…
View More How One Sushi Chef Transitioned to SustainabilityWe are Number 3!
Yes we are number 3 at Nature Blog Network! Watch out Greg Laden and Zooillogix. Your next…
View More We are Number 3!Examiner Taxonomy FAIL
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 FAILBlue Crab vs Clam
This poor clam can rest assured that I had my fill of blue crab this weekend with my family in Ocracoke. Did you know crab…
View More Blue Crab vs ClamThe REAL food web
Can Prochlorococcus beat Megashark? DIDN’T THINK SO.
View More The REAL food webHow anti-science politics may harm the U.S. Gulf states
Right now, everyone is consumed by the immediate drama of the growing oil slick. What will it kill? Where will it go? Will it pollute…
View More How anti-science politics may harm the U.S. Gulf statesTGIF: Maersk Alabama Edition
John Stewart interviews Captain Richard Phillips of Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked by Somali pirates last year. The ship was carrying aid to the region.…
View More TGIF: Maersk Alabama EditionRepost from TOG: Urochordata! Urochordata! Rah! Rah! Rah!
I was EXTREMELY shocked that my beloved urochordates were not included in the rekindling of the invertebrate wars. I am compelled to defend their honor…
View More Repost from TOG: Urochordata! Urochordata! Rah! Rah! Rah!Even Tiny Copepods Are More Awesome Than a Slimey Mollusc
Sam over at Oceanographer’s Choice knows what is up. There really is no way anything other than a member of the Arthropoda could even be…
View More Even Tiny Copepods Are More Awesome Than a Slimey Mollusc