A nice, new video produced by MBARI about Dr. Ken Smith’s research: “The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of…
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What the @$#! is wrong with carbon budgets?
[Note the following post makes gratuitous use of keyboard symbols to denote adult language] In the coolest titled paper ever “Assessing the apparent imbalance between geochemical and biochemical…
View More What the @$#! is wrong with carbon budgets?The Dark Side of Male Pregnancy
Nicely narrated by Henry Gee! See the paper here: Paczolt KA, Jones AG (2010) Post-copulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in the evolution of male…
View More The Dark Side of Male PregnancyIsopods Cause Reproductive Death in Shrimp
Isopods, you know them as those adorable little roly-poly bugs under rocks in the forest or the gigantic Bathynomus of the deep sea. They are…
View More Isopods Cause Reproductive Death in ShrimpMolluscs, now with 100% more awesum
A blog war is starting to develop again. No I am not talking about this one. I am talking about the Great Invertebrate Wars. Everything was…
View More Molluscs, now with 100% more awesumSpinach, Popeye, and Fishy Pigeons
Originally, Popeye the Sailor gained strength from rubbing the head of a rare chicken. Not until 1932 and thereafter did Popeye gain superhuman strength and…
View More Spinach, Popeye, and Fishy PigeonsFamily Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets
My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to…
View More Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm PacketsEx Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved Barnacles
As part of Darwin Day on Friday, I gave a brief talk at Duke Marine Lab during happy hour about Darwin and his beloved barnacles.…
View More Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved BarnaclesReconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life
What is the origin story of deep-sea organisms? For decades, we thought shallow coastal waters were the cradle of marine life repeatedly pumping species into…
View More Reconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All LifeGarner Defiled by Dolphins
When will it stop??? When will the world see how disgusting and perverse these creatures are? When will you see them for who they REALLY…
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