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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates
There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...
June 2018
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea
Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
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Dr. Stephen Cairns
Dr. Stephen Cairns is a research zoologist and chair of the Department of...
Personal Perspectives
Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore
When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...
July 2015
Article
Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution
Large whales are notoriously hard to study. Except when rising to breathe, they...
March 2015
Personal Perspectives
The Design of a Beautiful Weapon
This summer, many of you have likely enjoyed feasting on crabs, be they blue,...
September 2013
video
Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle
Male fiddler crabs each have a single super-sized claw that they use as a weapon to...
Tue, 09/03/2013 - 16:18
Personal Perspectives
Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find
We departed from Port Renfrew on Tuesday morning on the Michelle Diana, a boat...
May 2012
Personal Perspectives
Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island
The whales that we see in today's world can broadly be split into two groups: those...
May 2012
Article
Surveying Life On Sea Turtles
“It is strange to think of a sea turtle as an ecosystem,” says Amanda...
November 2011
Article
Scientists Call New Eel Species A Living Fossil
Scientists at the Smithsonian and partnering organizations have discovered a...
August 2011
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Video of the Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau)
A video of the Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau) swimming in the...
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 14:31