Sex Wars:  Class Struggle In Bees

Sex Wars: Class Struggle In Bees

It's not all balloons and ponies in bee colonies, despite what you may have learned.   Bees are well known for high levels of cooperation but new research in Molecular Ecology says there is a…
Squid Eggs Are Surprisingly Like Chicken Eggs

Squid Eggs Are Surprisingly Like Chicken Eggs

The Cephalopod International Advisory Council is convening in Vigo, Spain even as I write. Yes, I wish desperately that I were there right now! At least I can follow along by wistfully reading the…
Vampire Squid Aren't Really Vampires

Vampire Squid Aren't Really Vampires

Rolling Stone began a recent article with this provocative lede: "The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great…
Squid Do Not Have Bones Or Hair

Squid Do Not Have Bones Or Hair

A couple of weeks ago someone found a "mysterious container" by the road in Atascosa County, Texas. Authorities in Atascosa County said the container appeared to contain hair and bones. They were…
Squid Culinary Popularity

Squid Culinary Popularity

Proving myself wrong in record time (see comments on my first post, where I claimed I wouldn't be discussing squid recipes), today's squid is served with chiles, lime, and herbs. Why? The coincidence…
Giant Squid Test Drive New Preservative

Giant Squid Test Drive New Preservative

This is so cool! I can't believe I haven't been hearing taxonomists buzz about this. 3M Novec is a new engineered material that is non-flammable (unlike ethanol) non-toxic (unlike formalin, though…
Love Lupins? They Are Nutritious Too

Love Lupins? They Are Nutritious Too

Lupins of our lives go back a long time. The Romans spread lupin seeds in their empire. Many of the hundreds of species of the genus Lupinus in the legume family thrive in the Americas. Native…
Romantic Bats Use Musical Mating

Romantic Bats Use Musical Mating

Is there an "Air Supply" in the bat world?  Not really, though they seem to have love songs, say  researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin So let's…