Ecology & Zoology
- Bagheera Kiplingi- A Vegetarian In The Spider World
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40,000 or so spiders have been described, all of which have been thought to be strict predators that feed on insects or other animals, trapping their prey in elaborate webs or hunting them down directly. But researchers have now found one exception to this ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2009 - 8:43pm
- Why Squid Probably Do Not Kill and Eat Humans
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I guess it doesn't show up on my blog automatically, but I decree that my contest entry counts as today's Squid-A-Day. So there! ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 15 2009 - 4:48pm
- Is Humboldt Calamari Healthy? Part I
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Now that we're all convinced the Humboldt squid isn't going to eat you, let's turn the question around: can you eat the Humboldt squid? First, from the public health angle: Does it have mercury, everyone wants to know about any seafood, quic ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 17 2009 - 6:39pm
- Is Humboldt Calamari Healthy? Part II
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Having considered Humboldt squid consumption from the public (human) health perspective, let's try judging it for environmental health. If Humboldts are truly an invasive species, then it should be good for the environment to eat them. They seem to li ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 19 2009 - 12:18am
- Is Humboldt Calamari Healthy? Part III
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It's hard to answer definitively without specifying: healthy for whom? Healthy for people, seems to be yes. Healthy for the oceans, seems to be kinda maybe. It's absolutely a better choice than orange roughy or shark! Here, in the third and final ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 19 2009 - 11:08am
- Active Implants And Human Limb Regeneration
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Ah, to be a lizard- lay around in the sun, star in Japanese movies and, if your tail is pulled off, you grow it right back. Humans are not so lucky about the regeneration part but Tel Aviv University research says we may come close. Prof. Meital Zilber ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:57pm
- It Would Take A Long Time to Swim From Chile to California
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Hey, my boss is in the news! Kinda sorta, if you count tiny local papers you've never heard of. And why not--especially when they run articles about people you know? Together with the Noyo Harbor Commission, Dr. Gilly and Supervisor Kendall Smith will ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 21 2009 - 12:00am
- Do Squid Have Eyelids?
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A fine question! As is so often the case in science, the answer is both yes and no, depending on what kind of squid you are. Squid come in two metaphorical flavors: Myopsida and Oegopsida. They are usually characterized by lifestyle differences as neritic ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Dec 1 2011 - 8:05pm
- Making A Difference, One Tentacle At A Time
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Okay, even though nobody commented on my post about the Ocean Bloggers Challenge (funding marine science for classrooms in need), enough donations have accrued to completely fund one of the projects: Invertebrates in my Tank! So, as a thank-you to all thes ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 23 2009 - 4:43pm
- "Flying Squid" Isn't Just a Pretty Name
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The squid family Ommastrephidae includes my favorite Humboldt squid, along with a lot of other big-time commercial fishery species. How do they sustain the largest invertebrate fisheries in the world? Well, ommatrephids are large, muscular, and abundant, w ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 28 2009 - 11:06am
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