What looks like a worm, is completely symmetrical in cross-section, and in the words of Dr. Peter Holland: “It has no mouth, no gut, no…
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Isopods Cause Reproductive Death in Shrimp
Isopods, you know them as those adorable little roly-poly bugs under rocks in the forest or the gigantic Bathynomus of the deep sea. They are…
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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 MolluscMolluscs, now with 100% more awesum
A blog war is starting to develop again. No I am not talking about this one. I am talking about the Great Invertebrate Wars. Everything was…
View More Molluscs, now with 100% more awesumMiriam Warns of Diving with Jewelry in Ocean Story Slam!
Our own Miriam G took home gold in Southern Fried Science’s Ocean Story Slam! Here was her entry. Check out the other Ocean Story Slams…
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From the Seattle Times: “… the HDMS Absalon – the Danish flagship of the three-vessel NATO flotilla in the region – disrupted a pirate operation…
View More Somali Pirate Mothership Sunk by NATOIs DSN the funniest science blog in the universe?
You bet your sweet little ass we are! We even talk about science sometimes! I guess that makes me saltier version of Curly. Now is…
View More Is DSN the funniest science blog in the universe?Escape from Dubai Shopping Mall: Shark Edition
Gizmodo reports that Dubai’s 2 million gallon shark tank sprung a leak. Check out the video: But to me, the weirdest part of this is…
View More Escape from Dubai Shopping Mall: Shark EditionStop Hatin’ On the Blobfish
Across the internets a movement is surfacing. Its nothing short of a smear campaign. Across the web it is becoming fashionable to hate on the…
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