Tag: fish evolution

Intertidal spiders and starfish night vision: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, February 22nd, 2018

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Cuttings (short and sweet):  Follow Jessica Meeuwig, the Director of the UWA Centre for Marine Futures, on twitter. Check out #WowScienceFact, a science communication hashtag game that I started!  Ocean tides could have driven ancient fish to walk. By Alexandra Witze, for Nature News. Spoils (long reads and deep dives): Webs under water: the bizarre lives … Read More “Intertidal spiders and starfish night vision: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, February 22nd, 2018” »

Walking fish and microbe warfare: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, February 15, 2018

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Cuttings (short and sweet):  Follow Katelyn Heman, a marine conservation biologist working at the Georgia Aquarium, on twitter! What this walking fish can teach us about evolution. By Sarah Gibbens, for National Geographic Fish forego sleep thanks to this molecule in their brain. From Nature’s Animal Behavior news. Microplastics pollute even the most remote parts of … Read More “Walking fish and microbe warfare: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, February 15, 2018” »