by Susan Keown | May 2, 2022 | ScienceWire
For High Country News, Carly Cassella (@carlycassella) introduces us to an ongoing research project aiming to solve the mystery of an unknown species of oyster-parasitizing mud worm that is showing up in Northwest oyster beds. Where did these worms come from, and what...
by Susan Keown | Dec 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
Few scientists study the mysterious barnacles that live only on whales, but Mara Grunbaum (@maragrunbaum) takes us into their obscure world for Hakai Magazine. The size and shape of small oranges, these barnacles die quickly out of water and scientists don’t yet know...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2020 | ScienceWire
It’s not a Star Wars spinoff—Jeholbaatar is an extinct animal with the lead role in James Gaines’s new SciShow video, “This Ancient Mammal’s Ears Were Built for Chewing.” Watch and learn from James (@the_jmgaines), who wrote for the video about surprising...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
It’s “holotype.” Wendell Ricketts has the definition, several bonus words, and a dive into the holotype controversy in paleontology. What’s a field to do when its specimens are defined by body fragments in varying states of decay? It’s...
