adaptation

Adaptations Biology Ecology Favorite Species Habitats Mollusk

Bring the hammer.

Prepare yourself for the hammer. No not that hammer. This one. The Malleidae, or the hammer oysters, is a suite of around 30 species, primarily…

Coral Reef Development Ecology Evolution Intertidal Mollusk Pelagic Uncategorized Weird

Malacology Monthly: Inside-Out

Douglas Long October 16, 2015 adaptation conchology Invertebrate invertebrate zoology malacology mollusks sea shells shells snails

This Open-House Special brings you inside the modern homes of today’s most popular marine mollusks Are you old enough to remember the show MTV Cribs, where…

Coral Reef Ecology Evolution Intertidal Mollusk Weird

Malacology Monthly: Spines and How to Use Them

Douglas Long September 16, 2015 adaptation conch evolution Gastropod limpet malacology marine biology mollusk Murex oyster seashell Spines

Evolution is repetitive, especially if it produces adaptations that work well. If it’s all about survival, spines do the trick throughout the mollusk world. Scorpion Without…

Genetics

Coral reefs, let's unzip your genes.

Holly Bik January 28, 2014Image Acropora adaptation climate change Coral gene expression ocean acidification transcriptome

How will coral reefs respond to climate change? Well, let’s start with an analogy. Suppose you pick an arbitrary time of day, choose a random…

Evolution New Research

I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome

Holly Bik January 10, 2012 adaptation evolution Gene genomics natural selection plants seagrasses

I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE…

Adaptations Biology Evolution Fish Mating & Reproduction Organisms Paleobiology

Of eyes and sex in lizardfishes

Dr. M October 20, 2010 adaptation Cretaceous deep sea evolution hermaphrodite Jurassic lizardfish

145 million years ago, in the Cretaceous, the air was warm and the seas were high and rum flowed freely. On land, mammals were oppressed under dinosaur…

Adaptations Cephalopods Ecology Evolution Mating & Reproduction Organisms

If Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?

Dr. M September 6, 2010 acoustic adaptation Cephalopod ear echinoderms evolution Gastropod Geerat Vermeij Mollusc Morphology Predation RB Editor's Selection reprodcution sensory shell Sound

Why don’t animal’s use wheels in locomotion? Why aren’t blue whales bigger? Why are there no freshwater starfish? Why are there no tree dwelling cephalopods?…

Adaptations Fish Organisms

The Fish That Walks on Stilts

Dr. M August 26, 2010 adaptation benthic boundary layer Coral currents fins hermaphrodite pectoral pelvic tripod fish

One of the denizens of the deep is the 30cm long tripod fish, Bathypterois grallator. This unusual fish is typically found anywhere between 1-5km deep…

Adaptations Biology Fish Mating & Reproduction New Research

70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them

Dr. M July 11, 2010 adaptation behaviour fish Mexico molly moustache Poeciliidae sexual selection trait

Straight men let’s face it. We will do anything if we think females will find it attractive. No matter how ludicrous, expensive, or time-consuming it…

Deep Sea News

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