As the winds blow across the vast oceans they create a symphony of waves, whose pitch may range from ripples to rogues. Eventually all waves…
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Accidental Parasite Week continues: the Oarfish edition
We didn’t mean to make this week all about parasites, honest. It just happened that way. Rebecca wrote a thing, and then I – being…
View More Accidental Parasite Week continues: the Oarfish editionI’ll see your horrifying crab barnacle and raise you a heart eel
This was originally posted at alistairdove.com June 21, 2010. To see another bizarre parasitic relationship, check out Rebecca Helm’s recent piece on the marvelous world…
View More I’ll see your horrifying crab barnacle and raise you a heart eelA sucker for convergent evolution
Recently Chris Mah, that most passionate advocate of all things with pentaradial symmetry (i.e. echinoderms: urchins, starfish etc.), wrote an excellent blog post about how…
View More A sucker for convergent evolutionNo fish is an island
Tongue biters have been in my inbox a few times lately. If you’ve managed never to come across these interesting little isopods before, they are…
View More No fish is an islandIts the end of the worm as we know it
Hi, my name’s Al and I’m a parasitologist (Hi Al!) #AA I’ve just read a most remarkable paper by my PhD advisor, Dr. Tom Cribb…
View More Its the end of the worm as we know itSea Pigs
Everything you ever wanted to know about sea pigs (Holothuroidea: Scotoplanes sp.) from the Echinoblog. The best part is the gastropods parasites that love them…
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