Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
March 31, 2008
Category: Bringin' It
Well it was only a matter of time before Miriam added the tunicates. Let me say that it has become crystal clear to me today what is occurring. This whole battle pits the protostomes vs. deuterstomes. The protostomes must rise...
Posted by CR McClain at 7:39 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 30, 2008
Category: Just One Thing Challenge
$10 is all you need to give if we all pitch in. We are currently only at 2484% of funding the two classrooms mentioned in the last Just One Thing Challenge. SixTen of you have already donated and you...
Posted by CR McClain at 12:34 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Adaptations
I don't study hydrothermal vents. I rather enjoy the deep muddy ooze, and its organisms, that comprise much of the earth's surface. Not that I don't like vents, I just like the soft bottoms better. I have been often...
Posted by CR McClain at 12:00 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 29, 2008
Category: Bringin' It
...there are barely 7,000 echinoderms....
Posted by CR McClain at 7:05 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Adaptations
The battle royal is on with several bloggers choosing colors. The whole thing got started when Sheril at the Intersucktion state "No contest! Cukes would eat squid for breakfast" implying that somehow echinoderms were better than Mollusks. The whole...
Posted by CR McClain at 6:06 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Adaptations
Jim has decided that he will join the darkside for the Invertebrate Battle Royale. That's fine! We wouldn't want someone with such poor cognitive processes on our team. Jim's attack centers on the idea that the Aristotle's Lantern is...
Posted by CR McClain at 5:15 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Adaptations
Sometimes we just need a little help to get by in life. A nudge, some encouragement or a simple pat on the back will suffice. Being stuck to a rock is not a real good way to avoid predators, unless...
Posted by Kevin Zelnio at 9:33 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 28, 2008
Category: Megavertebrate
Catherine Brahic reports on some interesting new research in an online article at New Scientist:""There are certain limits on swimming speed that are imposed irrespective of power," explains Iosilevskii. One of these is the frequency at which the swimmers can...
Posted by Kevin Zelnio at 9:49 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservation & Environment
To piggy back on Peter's ice sheet-o-mania posts today, Marsha Walton reports at CNN.com what it means to the animal life in the Antarctic when an ice shelf collapses: " Another warming ocean event that scientists are studying closely is...
Posted by Kevin Zelnio at 6:11 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: TGIF: Pictures & Movies
Spring is in the air. Spring Break is upon us, and the mind begins to wander... to the poles? Well, yes, because researchers are now predicting a seasonally ice-free Arctic by the year 2030. Break out the kayaks and sunscreen. It's "Wild on, Nuuk."
Posted by Peter Etnoyer at 3:42 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
