Darwin

Reviews

Ultimate movie for First Annual DSN Film Night?

Thanks to io9 and Garrett G, I just might have found the ultimate movie for the First Annual Deep-Sea News Film Night. Behold the glory…

Evolution Social Sciences

Darwin Day Repost – Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin And His Beloved Barnacles

Kevin Zelnio February 12, 2011 Archetype Barnacle Best of Zelnio Charles Darwin Cirripedes Cryptophialus Darwin Darwin Day Erasmus Darwin evolution Hermaphroditism HMS Beagle Homology John Hooker Lamarck Mr. Arthrobalanus On the Origin of Species Richard Owen Robert Chambers taxonomy Vestiges Zoonomia

This post was based on a talk I gave for Darwin Day last year at the Duke Marine Lab. Reposting in honor of Darwin Day.…

Adaptations Evolution New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Barnacle Evolution I: Phylogeny Served Without Plates

Kevin Zelnio January 10, 2011 Barnacle Best of Zelnio Darwin evolution Hydrothermal Vent Morphology Phylogenetics shell Stalked Barnacle Systematics taxonomy

Barnacle evolution was recently rewritten by a large effort of Perez-Losada and colleagues in 2008. Using a combination of genes and morphological traits they rejected…

Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Fear the Dolphins (also Darwin)

Miriam Goldstein November 19, 2010 Comics Darwin dolphin behavior dolphins

A couple of webcomics for your Friday. The dolphins may have fooled Jason Goldman, but they don’t fool us. And was young Darwin a tool???…

Expeditions Scientist!

Kevin Z…21st Century Darwin

Dr. M September 16, 2009 Beagle Project Darwin Duke oceanography Sailing Science tall ship

Duke News and Communications just put up a press release about the Beagle Project! “In an inspiring mix of 19th and 21st Century technologies, a…

Expeditions Scientist! Social Sciences

Join DSN and the Beagle Project in Brazil

Kevin Zelnio September 15, 2009 Beagle Project Brazil CBOL CoML Darwin HMS Beagle International Space Station ISS NASA Paraty Science Missionary Science Outreach South America

The fabulous Karen James and I will blogging and tweeting the “party in Paraty” starting this Thursday! There is an exciting line up of events…

Expeditions Scientist!

Following in Darwin’s Footsteps

Kevin Zelnio September 1, 2009 Brazil Darwin Paraty Sailing The Beagle Project Tocorime

In only a couple weeks The HMS Beagle Project will conduct a feasibility study for doing modern oceanographic research aboard a sailing ship. The Brazilian…

Uncategorized

The Great Darwin Beard Challenge: Week 1

Kevin Zelnio February 20, 2009 Beard Biochemical Soul Darwin Southern Fried Science

We marked the end of the first week of our Great Darwin Beard Challenge. Below are the contestants (minus whysharksmatters from Southern Fried Science who…

Uncategorized

From Birth to The Origin: The Great Darwin Beard Challenge

Kevin Zelnio February 12, 2009 Beard Blog for Darwin Darwin Darwin Day On the Origin of Species Southern Fried Science

In honor of our main man today, Charlie D, the Southern Fried Scientist and I are having a Darwin beard challenge. To have an even…

Conferences Education New Research Scientist!

Finally…

Dr. M February 9, 2009 Carl Zimmer Cracker Barrel Darwin ice storm NESCent North Carolina Research Triange road trip

You might have noticed my absence lately. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe you did and just don’t care. I finally arrived in North Carolina (like NC…

Deep Sea News

Tag: Darwin