Mantis shrimps: is there anything they can’t do? 21 Mar 2008 They see in 12 colours and using polarised light, they move at the speed of a bullet. Go read about them at Not Exactly Rocket Science. Yes, they are the coolest inverts… Ecology and Biodiversity
Ecology and Biodiversity Taxonomy was the reason for Darwin’s theory 11 Mar 200918 Sep 2017 Taxonomy – the science of classifying organisms into putatively natural groups – is often treated as a kind of necessary bit of paperwork without much theoretical import by some biologists. Others think it is the single most important thing to do, usually justifying it in terms of conservation biology, but… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity The constancy of change and the lack of balance 16 Sep 2007 All the strangers look like family All the family looks so strange The only constant I am sure of Is this accelerating rate of change — Peter Gabriel, Downside-Up, from the Ovo Album Creek Running North has a delightful rumination on the lack of a balance of nature, in which… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity New paper on bacterial speciation 23 Aug 200718 Sep 2017 You’ll remember, because you have all memorised my blog going back two years, that I blogged on what microbial species are before, and have a paper on that subject coming out in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. In it I argue that microbial species, particularly bacterial species, are… Read More
I see you’ve chosen your side on this battle. I’m only sorry you couldn’t have chosen more wisely. ;p
Now, if we could just crossbreed them with cuttlefish to give them the latter’s amazing powers of camouflage, we’d have the perfect nautical ninja. They’d be a sort of submarine version of the alien from Predator
Now, if we could just crossbreed them with cuttlefish to give them the latter’s amazing powers of camouflage, we’d have the perfect nautical ninja. They’d be a sort of submarine version of the alien from Predator
I gotta get me a bullet proof aquarium and some of those buggers. Then I can drop in lots of Cephalopods and sent PZ pictures of the ensuing carnage.