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…
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Guest Post: Why cancer researchers think fish are cool
Editor’s Note: Genomic Repairman is a friend I’ve gotten to know through Twitter (@genrepair). He is a semi-cultured, good-natured graduate student in biomedical sciences who…
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Twas two nights after Cephalopodmas, and all through the lab, All the Deeplings were ready for beer and boiled crab. Their table was set, napkins…
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Passing along a solicitation for what looks like a very interesting (and timely) research opportunity at The Ohio State University. You can also learn more…
View More Graduate Research Opportunity in Coral Bleaching and Ocean AcidificationMove Over Boneworm, the Bone Snail is Taking Over
You’ve all heard about the bone-eating zombie worm from hell. Yeah it was like OK, but whatever. It had its day like, you know, way…
View More Move Over Boneworm, the Bone Snail is Taking OverGuest Post: The Secret to Flexibility in a Glass Sponge
Aquanautix is a PhD marine biologist interested in deep-sea exploration, science, education, and policy. For more posts like these see the new Aquanautix Blog, online…
View More Guest Post: The Secret to Flexibility in a Glass SpongeHow To Cuddle Your Lady Right, by Smoove A
You are probably aware that Smoove A* is an authority on crustaceous love. Some have gone so far as to describe Smoove A as the…
View More How To Cuddle Your Lady Right, by Smoove ACephalopod on Cephalopod Crime
New work in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society indicates that ammonites were likely preyed upon beaked squids. The Chamouth Mudstone Formation on the…
View More Cephalopod on Cephalopod CrimeCommodify Your Ocean Conservation
With but hours (Pacific time) from Black Friday, the most epic endurance retail binge known to primates, I thought I’d pause to reflect on a…
View More Commodify Your Ocean ConservationFinding Life Where the Sun Don’t Shine
A flurry of new research is redefining our views on where life resides on Earth. The biosphere is the zone of air, land, and water…
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