TGIF: Genius Octopus Editionus
Why are we encouraging this behavior!! Doesn't everyone know that in the future they will rise out of the oceans to destroy us????...Posted on July 18, 2008 5:35 AM • 5 Comments •
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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.
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Public Dissection of Giant Squid
The Melbourne Museum is doing the unthinkable. They are unleashing a giant, rotting, stinking, mound of invertebrate flesh upon the public (July 17th at 11:30 AEST). One better they are going to hack into with all manner of surgical instruments....Posted on July 16, 2008 4:30 PM • 1 Comments •
Challenger Expedition on Google Earth
People seem fascinated by the prospect of purchasing virtual real estate at Second Life, but if you ask me, Google Earth is a better place to stake your claim. For instance, I study deep sea-fans, or gorgonians. Many of these have their first description in the reports of the HMS Challenger expedition 1873-1876. The maps are now online at Google Earth.Posted on July 16, 2008 6:29 AM • 4 Comments •
No-Take Reserves Work
Who would of thunk it? Like Mark Powell recently stated: "In the "duh" category, fish are thriving in a no-fishing zone in Australia. After looking at graphs, the 10 year old son of one of the scientists said if you...Posted on July 15, 2008 7:45 PM • 1 Comments •
Oekologie XVII: Reconciliation Time
Madhusudan Katti has the latest and perhaps greatest Oekologie blog carnival ever. Its HUGE and with such a great and diverse selection. Well done Madhu! Go over and check it out now and poke around his very interesting blog called...Posted on July 15, 2008 5:42 PM • 1 Comments •
Basking Sharks Go Wide and Deep
Basking sharks are heavily exploited from the shark-finning industry. The damage is compounded by the fact we know so little about their distribution in the sea. As a copepod mass-consuming filter-feeder, they follow and seek out their preferred prey. Previously,...Posted on July 13, 2008 6:28 PM • 2 Comments •
How to Keep Jellyfish in Aquariums
Chad Widmer, an aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, just released a brand spanking new book on jellyfish aquarium maintenance. I volunteered under Chad (with their penguin exhibit) many years ago and shadowed him as took care of the Aquarium's...Posted on July 12, 2008 4:47 PM • 1 Comments •
Is it all over for corals?
A recent study published in Science Express by Dr. Kent Carpenter of Old Dominion University and a consortium of nearly thirty coral reef ecologists has determined that one-third of coral face increased extinction threat due to anthropogenic influences. Carpenter refers to the problem as the "the human meteor".Posted on July 12, 2008 5:59 AM • 9 Comments •
Floundermania!
In case you have been sleeping all day, flounders have been flopping all over the place! The maestro of science story-telling, Carl Zimmer, has produced in my opinion one of his finest posts ever at his new blog at Discover...Posted on July 9, 2008 8:03 PM • 0 Comments •
Linnaeus' Legacy #9: Classifying the Classifiers
Mr. Slybird has the latest and greatest Linneaus' Legacy carnival up at Biological Ramblings. It is an awesome blog carnival highlighting taxonomy, systematics, and biodiversity posts. They are looking for hosts for next month and beyond. Sign up and be...Posted on July 8, 2008 10:31 PM • 0 Comments •
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