The Immortal Urchin
Echinoderms are odd animals – about as different from humans as it can get in many regards. Last week I
Read MoreEchinoderms are odd animals – about as different from humans as it can get in many regards. Last week I
Read MoreBirds fly, fish swim. These are the stereotypical ways of locomotion of these large groups of animals. Generally that’s true,
Read MoreMuck Diving is the art of finding rare, unusual and well-hidden critters in dive sites which don’t look very pretty
Read MoreI am very excited to present this collaboration with paleoartist extraordinaire Alice Turner, about the large pelagic filter feeders of
Read MoreCrustacean evolution has gone in odd directions (odd for my fish-centric mind). The stiff carapace of crabs and shrimps has
Read MoreI have recently written a blog about the fact that flash photography, according to two well-done scientific studies, does not
Read MoreA highly interesting paper just came out which answered a curious scientific question, how certain species of sea slug can
Read MoreA stalked crinoid, from the Permian, and a living one, from Sumilon island, Philippines, a mobile form which climbed onto
Read MoreThis month’s fish of the month is the bony-eared assfish, Acanthonus armatus. It’s a fish living at depths of more
Read MoreSome of the larger Philippine islands, like Luzon or Mindanao, are real mini-continents. They have mountains rising over 3000 meters,
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