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My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
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Category: Insects
At the NC Museum of Natural Sciences: What's Bugging You? Animals We Love to Hate Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:00 - 10:00 am with discussion beginning at 9:00 followed by Q&A Location: The Acro Cafe - 4th Floor of the...
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Category: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
A couple of German bloggers and I went to see the Butterfly House on the Island of Mainau. They had good cameras with lenses that allowed them to take extreme close-ups. I had to do with a little pocket camera,...
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Category: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
I am pretty sure it's a true bug (i.e., I am not being sloppy by calling just any ole' insect a bug). I got as close as I could with my iPhone, but the lighting was bad. This is on...
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Category: Animal Behavior
Most people are aware that social insects, like honeybees, have three "sexes": queens, drones and workers. Drones are males. Their only job is to fly out and mate with the queen after which they drop dead. Female larvae fed 'royal...
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Category: Carnivals
Hop over to The Other 95% and dig into all the invertebrate bloggy goodness!...
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Category: Animal Behavior
A new paper on circadian rhythms in crayfish behavior.
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Category: Animal Behavior
In National Geographic: A new investigation into the tangled sex lives of deep-sea squid has uncovered a range of bizarre mating techniques. The cephalopods' intimate encounters include cutting holes into their partners for sex, swapping genders, and deploying flesh-burrowing sperm....
Posted by Coturnix at 9:26 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Invertebrates
The list is now final. Here are the top 13: #13 Deep-sea corals #12: Yeti Crab #11 Venus's Flower Basket #10: Echinothuriid Sea Urchins #9: Bathynomus, the GIANT ISOPOD!!!! #8 Red Lure Jellyfish #7 Predatory Tunicates #6: Giant Sea Spiders...
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Category: Food
Apparently yes: Freshwater Farm Ponds Turning into Crab Farms: North Carolina's native blue crab population has been at historic lows since 2000. Dr. Dave Eggleston, director of NC State's Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) and professor of marine,...
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Category: Ecology
Thanks Bill for drawing my attention to iNaturalist which has the makings of an awesome site! What is it? It is essentially a Google Map where people can add pins every time they see an interesting critter: a plant,...
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