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Biology Echinoderms Expeditions New Species Organisms Scientist! Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

These are a few of my favorite species: Paulasterias mcclaini “McClain’s 6-armed fleshy star”

Today is a very exciting day. Indeed, today is one of the best days ever! The next step in my evil science plans for total…

Biology Climate Change Conservation & Environment Currents Echinoderms Ecology Environmental Sciences Industry & Government Natural Disaster Organisms

Three Reasons Why Fukushima Radiation Has Nothing to Do with Starfish Wasting Syndrome

Dr. M December 30, 2013 Bacteria disease Fukushima lesion Radiation starfish starfish wasting virus

This invited post is authored by Chris Mah, a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher. Chris is one of the world’s leading experts…

Adaptations Climate Change Ecology New Research Scientist!

California Coastal Climate Change Research

Kevin Zelnio December 11, 2012 California climate change Coastal Ecology mussel oyster Research Sea Star starfish University of California

Was just sent these great informative short videos about research being done to understand how climate change affects coastal communities. Coastal organisms live in areas…

Adaptations Carnivals & Link Love Organisms

A sucker for convergent evolution

Alistair Dove October 4, 2012 echinoderms monogeneans parasites starfish

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…

Environmental Sciences

The icy colder finger of death

Alistair Dove November 23, 2011 Antarctica BBC Frozen Planet Ice starfish urchins

I just can’t wait until the BBC series Frozen Planet airs here in the states. Take this clip for example, which the BBC released today.…

Education Weird

On common names

Alistair Dove October 19, 2011 jellyfish sea jellies Sea Stars starfish the pointlessness of trying to mandate common names

Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness,…

Organisms

ZOMG GIANT WURMZ N SEESTARZ FEEEDING FRENZY!1!1!!!1

Kevin Zelnio November 26, 2009 Antarctica April 1st BBC McMurdo Sound Nemertea Nemertine Parbolasia corrugatus Sea Star Seal Carcass starfish

Seriously cool footage at the BBC. Also with a nice little accompanying article that you should read. In the sequence filmed for the Life series,…

Scientist!

We Will Miss You Peter!

Dr. M August 16, 2009 birds bling fireworks over the top Peter Etnoyer pirates seahorse shark starfish starfish really loves you sunsets

Biology Mating & Reproduction Organisms Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Echinoderms Aren’t So Bad

Dr. M June 26, 2009 animation development Echinodermata starfish

This animation from Daniel Brown at Biochemical Soul makes me come close to actually liking echinoderms. Well..at least I still like them more than mammals. …

Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Early Edition

Dr. M April 7, 2009 charlie the unicorn happy love scuba singing starfish viral

Sometimes something crosses my laptop too good to reserve for Friday. First, you need to know about Charlie the Unicorn. Watch 1 and 2 (which…

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