Ecology & Zoology

Seasickness In Squid?

Here is the bleak story of a seasick squid, a granted wish, and a horrible way to live life: by Alex Culang and Raynato Castro at  Buttersafe, h/t to  Squid.us ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Aug 20 2012 - 7:40pm

Just Take It Easy: Humboldt Squid Survive Low Oxygen By Slowing Down

Little glowing fish called  lanternfish  and the similarly sized, shrimplike  krill  are creatures worthy of pity. They're on the menu of almost every large marine animal you can name: from tuna to penguins to whales, and, of course, squid. Most nota ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Aug 28 2012 - 12:52am

Why Mass Popularity Will Make Organic Food More Expensive

There is a Chinese middle class for the first time ever and they have decided to avoid their numerous conventional food scares by opting for organic food scares. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 4 2012 - 4:01pm

Western Scrub-Jays Eulogize Their Dead

When Western scrub jays summon others to screech over the body of a dead jay, they come a'runnin', and those 'funerals' can last for up to half an hour. But why?  Western scrub jays live in breeding pairs and are not particularly social ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2012 - 7:53pm

Why Killer Whales Stay Alive After Menopause: Their Sons Are Mommy's Boys?

An international team of scientists say they may have discovered why female killer whales have the longest menopause of any non-human species- it could be they worry about their adult sons. New research says that males over 30 have an almost 14-fold chance ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2012 - 5:30am

In Beetle Sex, Sometimes Going On Defense Wins Too

Combat traits usually get most of the attention from researchers, because they are thought to have arisen due to intense male-male competition for access to females. Large, elaborate weapons become the focus of sexual selection studies because the connecti ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2012 - 10:49am

Downside To Organic Farming: 90% Losses From Pests Modern Science Defeats Easily

While organic farmers like to claim the boom in agriculture of the last 30 years was not related to science, history says otherwise.  ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2012 - 4:03pm

The swarm of little crabs on sandy beach

I had one of a kind experience when I went to a very beautiful  beach in south Andaman. The whole beach was populated with the sand crabs,  Ocipode quadrata, the ghost crab,  Dotilla myctiroides  , soldier crab and the most important  Dotilla clepsydrodact ...

Blog Post - Puneeta Pandey - Oct 1 2012 - 12:12am

And The Best Designer On The Beach Award Goes To...

Thinking of some amazing organisms in a sandy beach, the sand bubbler crab always comes in mind. Dotilla clepsydrodactylus,  the sand bubbler crab, is the one crab which makes the beaches more beautiful by displaying its marvelous art.   While walking   o ...

Article - Puneeta Pandey - Oct 21 2012 - 12:04am

Scavenging Cephalopods: Mild-Mannered Vampire Squid Just Want To Eat Waste

A couple of weeks ago ago, a debate about the existence of scavenging cephalopods broke out on the cephalopod mailing list. A few days later, such a creature appeared in the news as if conjured! A grad student had e-mailed the ceph-list because he’d found ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 3 2012 - 2:41pm