Biology When having babies, is quantity or quality better? Evolution is riddled with trade-offs. One of the classic examples is how to spread maternal resources – is it better…
Sharkbites Saturday A Tree of Life Project With Some Serious Bite If you have any intererst in shark anatomy, ecology or evolution, find out about a must-see website designed by the…
Parasitism Coming Home to Roost: A case of parasites relying on ancestral DNA to take advantage of a new penguin host species? Parasites are nasty and resilient organisms, often highly specialized to fit their hosts. But sometimes, nature allows a bit of…
Biology What killer whales tell us about menopause Killer whales, or orcas (Orcinus orca), are amazingly intelligent and social animals. What can they tell us about the evolution…
Evolution Swashbuckling spiders sailed the high seas Long before the Vikings reached North America, a group of coastal spiders was already sailing around the world using prevailing…
Behavior Book Review Coral Ecology Evolution Parasitism Seagrass Grunts and Gnathiids: One Fish’s Daily Migration to Escape Parasites? Animals move for a number of reasons. The French grunt leaves the coral reefs at night for seagrass. A group…
Biology Modeling The dark side of the…cephalopod eye? Cephalopods are among the most colorful creatures in the ocean but only see in black and white. A father/son team…
Climate Change Evolution Who benefits from more CO2? Harmful algae. Climate change will produce both winners and losers, but we might not like who ends up winning! New research shows…
Biology Evolution of the opercle: changing bones reflect marine/freshwater divide The shift from marine to freshwater habitat is a drastic one, and many evolutionary changes accompany it. This article focuses…
Behavior Biology Ecology Evolution Natural History Fooled Ya! How marine animals stay hidden in plain sight It’s April Fools’ Day! Today’s the day when you try to prank people, convince them your lies are true, and…
Book Review Ecology Evolution Seagrass Seagrass Fights Back Against Grazing! If you were a plant, like seagrass, how would you prevent other creatures from eating you? Do you even try?…
Biology Genetics Little fish, new pond – watching stickleback evolution in real-time When most people think about evolution, they see it as an extremely slow, gradual process that occurs over almost unthinkably…
Biology Book Review Ecology Evolution Cuttlefish “freeze-out” their predators Cephalopods such as cuttlefish are known to use camouflage behavior to avoid being eaten. Sharks are able to find disguised…
Evolution Genetics Ocean Acidification Like father, like son? Is survival under ocean acidification heritable? Can marine life adapt to ocean acidification? Well, first we need to understand if these favourable characteristics (survival under elevated…
Biology Coastal Management Evolution Human impacts Modeling Baleen whales have a bone to pick with noise pollution CT scans of the skull of a beached whale has helped a pair of researchers figure out how baleen whales…