When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before

A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. Everyone knows I despise charismatic megafauna (especially dolphins). I will…

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“Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic Waters

Genomics, Biodiversity, and Antarctica – three of my favourite things! For all you expedition junkies, these three things are exactly the focus of the 2013…

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New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species

Mark Gibson is a divemaster, social scientist, and independent writer living in Washington, DC. He can be found blogging at Breaching the Blue. You can…

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