Wallace J. Nichols is a sea turtle biologist and marine conservation activist affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences, Ocean Revolution, and the Sea Turtle…
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Got Gonad?
In an upcoming paper I have in press with colleagues, we are describing 4 new species of Anemone form hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific.…
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Post by Amanda “not a sponge” Kahn. Amanda Kahn is currently a masters student at well-known Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, considered to be one of…
View More “Sleezy” sponge sexualityThe Sand Dollar Love Shack: A Special Echinoblog to DSN
Post from Chris Mah, purveyor of all echinoderm. Dr. Christopher Mah is a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He…
View More The Sand Dollar Love Shack: A Special Echinoblog to DSNSex For Flatworms is Both Love and War
From the video, “It’s known as penis fencing, and the worms are the swordsmen” Potentially NSFW if having the word the penis said a dozen…
View More Sex For Flatworms is Both Love and WarHydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion
Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta, a postdoc in my lab at Penn State, just published a fascinating paper on a “silent invasion” happening around the world’s…
View More Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style InvasionEnvironment Shapes Barnacle Penis
Spring is in the air! Its the time of year to release your gametes into the water and make baby barnacles. But wait a second,…
View More Environment Shapes Barnacle PenisLOLRhizocephalans: Plotting to Take Over the World
Rhizocephalan overlord,Peltogaster paguri (tubular thing sticking up on the right), infecting hermit crab. Photo courtesy of Jens Hoeg, used with permission. Rhizocephala are curious creatures.…
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