Ecology & Zoology
- Earthworm Jim – Hero?
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Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Mar 2 2012 - 8:20am
- Mystery Of The Squid Beaks
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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!
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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"?
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
- Sadly, Lake Squid Don't Exist
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One of the more whimsical squid news stories I've seen in a while: A squid, a dog, and a mini-mystery solved at a Minnesota lake. "Of course, squid are not found in Minnesota lakes," reports journalist Al Edenloff. So true, and so charmingly ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Mar 28 2012 - 9:51pm
- This Is A Job For RoboSquirrel
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Most people don't know this, but there is a secret war going on in the animal kingdom; since before recorded history began, squirrels and rattlesnakes have been going at it. Over time, some squirrels have even developed the ability to use rattlesnak ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2012 - 2:08pm
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