For fiddler crab males, size is everything. Well over 60 different species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca, exist across the globe. You are probably…
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The Odd Nautilus Organs Named After People
Inside a Nautilus are the normal organs—the caecum, the stomach, the crop, the nidamental gland, etc.—with normal names and known functions. However, my favorites, yes…
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This Is How We Do It
From Spice Girls to Fresh Prince the 90s were an eclectic mash-up of pop tunes and catchy anthems. Perhaps one of the more popular, get-stuck-in-your- head-all-day ditty’s, Montell…
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The Id of the Squid
Does the squid consider with only revulsion The prospect of sex under jet propulsion? Or does he think it all slightly spectacular, This flying embrace…
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For Hoff Yeti Crabs Food, Sex, and Birth Determine Living Space At Vents
Within just a few short centimeters the temperature drops from 350˚C to -1.5˚C (692 to 29.3˚F). At 2.6 kilometers deep in the Antarctic Ocean lies the East…
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The Antarctic is a rough neighbourhood
There’s a fascinating article getting some press this week, all about a growing incidence of an extraordinary bit of animal behaviour in the islands just…
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Sex, Snails, Sustenance…and Rock & Roll
One of the things in the title was not actually part of my latest published research, unless you count the soundtrack I played while…
View More Sex, Snails, Sustenance…and Rock & RollWe found love in a hopeless place.
I guess it has just been an Anglerfish kind of week. Found this little ditty at work today and it made me giggle. May it…
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Alexandria Warneke is a masters student at San Diego State University. You may remember that Alex had a Scifund project asking for funds to support her research…
View More Nothing says let’s get it on…10 Ocean Species That Challenge Gender Role Stereotypes
1. Seahorses-Males Giving Birth Th example might be an obvious one but worth the mention. Male seahorses possess a pouch on their frontside, similar to kangaroos. During…
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