Ecology & Zoology

Okay, this is just bizarre. There's this "anti-aging consumer website," right? And they've just instituted an annual supplement award, called the "You Can't Be Serious" Award.  The award,…

We all know chronic stress isn’t good for you. This seems to be true in all organisms. But can stress kill you? A new study says yes, if you’re a dragonfly larva at least. Researchers from the…

I've been hearing about issues with seafood labeling (and mislabeling) for years. As it turns out, if you don't have a PCR machine in your kitchen, there's no way to know if the red snapper you…

Neanderthals had shorter legs than their Homo sapiens contemporaries, leading many to believe that the locomotion of the former was less efficient (basically, they have to take more steps to traverse…

The cat is possibly the cruelest hunter, and like with so many bad things, humans are to blame for turning something naturally not so good (Natural Born Killers) much worse. Some deluded apologists,…

Thou by the Indian Ganges' sideShouldst rubies find. I by the tideOf Humber would complain. I wouldLove you ten years before the Flood . . .  In my high school English class, I learned from…

South Korea isn't the only place fishermen are worried about losing their squid. According to a recent article in Pakistan's The News,  Fast declining Mayyah catch (squid,…

A lot of the ships fishing for squid off the Americas come from China, Korea, and Japan. If they're willing to cross the Pacific to feed their squid habit, you can bet they're not overlooking the…

I have a love/hate relationship with advertising. Ads are specifically designed to manipulate people, and I hate being manipulated. On the other hand, I love using free services that are supported by…

Times are tough all over. But did you know that the Atlantic longfin squid is doing its part to help the economy? In an article by Kirk Moore of Asbury Park Press about the decline of river herring…