Ecology & Zoology

I'm stoked to be joining the blogging team at KQED QUEST--a Northern California science multimedia extravaganza! My first post went up yesterday. As you can see, it required extremely rigorous and extensive consumption of chocolate. ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Feb 15 2012 - 6:10pm

Adorable Baby Squid Videos

Baby squid are the cutest, right? I mean, right? ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Mar 1 2012 - 12:42pm

Earthworm Jim – Hero?

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Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Mar 2 2012 - 8:20am

Mystery Of The Squid Beaks

If you want to know basic things about animals, like who eats whom, you might guess that your days would consist of watching real-life nature documentaries. You might expect to go out into the savannah or into the depths of the sea to observe predators hun ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Mar 6 2012 - 11:55am

Ahhh! Run, Little Squid!

The Telegraph's first picture of the day is a terrifying action shot of a huge dolphin's toothy maw, about to chomp down on a sweet little red squid. Go look at it! Right now! But it's not my fault if you get nightmares. Dolphins are so sca ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Mar 7 2012 - 12:52pm

Who Wouldn't Want To Go Someplace Called "the Challenger Deep"?

Is the Age of Exploration long dead? At The Last Word on Nothing, Richard Panek made the point that there's no longer anywhere on Earth people haven't been. Even the South Pole, which many would consider the most remote spot on the planet, is a r ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Mar 10 2012 - 12:14am

Gorgeous Illustration of Humboldt Squid

Artist Laura Hines has done a couple of gorgeous illustrations of Humboldt squid. Humboldt Squid #1 (above) is a rendering of this photograph from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: It's a great example of how illustration can improve on ph ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Mar 21 2012 - 12:32am

Why Aren't Humboldt Squid Giant?

The world's biggest squids (accurately named "giant" and "colossal") have the world's biggest eyes, which may seem like a no-brainer until you consider that they are by no means the world's biggest animals. And yet, their ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Mar 26 2012 - 11:11pm

Megalara Garuda: New King Of Wasps Discovered

An expedition to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has led to discovery of a new 'King of Wasps'- 80 years after it was first collected. Megalara garuda is pitch-black, has an enormous body size, and its males have long, sickle-shaped jaws. It ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2012 - 4:56pm

PETA Versus Greenpeace: The Looming War Over Kittens

Could the big split among anti-science hippies occur over a cute little cat? PETA loves animals. Greenpeace hates genetic modification and science in general because changes are only 'natural' if high-energy cosmic rays mutate things at random. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 6 2012 - 9:20am