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• Australia’s Kimberley Islands a Biodiversity hotspot

  
  Animal News: Animal Planet — Authority: 421
  A camaenid land snail (Amplirhagada sp.) found on Western Australias Boongaree Island/ Copyright (c) 2009 Vince Kessner I dont know about you but Ive always been a snail (and slug) fan. I grew up in my younger years in the Pacific Northwest, where slugs and snails abounded. As a kid, tomboy that I was, I thought ...
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• The Star-Ledger: Morris County agencies remove junk tires to control mosquito population

  
  WILDNEWJERSEY.TV — Authority: 135
  
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• Four and twenty mussels ...

  
  Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds) — Authority: 496
  Yesterday I was asking, "Do flatworms eat barnacles?"  Ive been searching for an answer, without much success. The websites I visited mention mollusks, especially oysters, other worms, and dead organisms, but dont differentiate between different flatworm species. I wanted more info. The real question I was asking ...
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• The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out ...

  
  Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds) — Authority: 496
  I never would have imagined that one day I would be handing out treats for worms. I have at least three fair-sized polychaetes, probably sea nymphs , living in the sand at the bottom of the aquarium. I dont usually see them, unless I empty the tank and comb through their hiding places. In the last couple of weeks, ...
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• Many new marine animal species discovered

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 149
  This is A video by the Census of Marine Life about why we need to monitor biodiversity in the oceans and how it can be done using existing technologies on a global scale. By Alison Auld, The Associated Press: Deep sea census finds bizarre marine life Last Updated: 22nd November 2009, 3:27pm From a translucent ...
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• VIDEO: Explorers census thousands of unique ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 415
  More via PhysOrg.com On the Net: Census of Marine Life :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Posted in Animals, Biology, Environment, Nature, New Species, Research, Science, Video, Wilderness Tagged: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean Biodiversity, Biogeography of ...
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• Organic glass sculpture

  
  Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds) — Authority: 496
  Im working late tonight, so todays planned post will have to wait a day. But heres a tiny sample: 1/4 inch "glass" moss animal. An unidentified bryozoan I found in the aquarium. It may be the same as this one that I picked up on the beach in the spring, or this one , from last June, both equally ...
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• How do you camouflage yourself but stand out with your friends? Ask a cuttle, Part 1

  
  Reef Builders -The Reef Aquarium Blog — Authority: 144
  Sepia officinalis, photo C. Williams Mantis shrimp are not the only marine organisms to take advantage of polarized light in communication and defense; in fact, it can be argued that the cuttlefish pulls even more amazing stunts—camouflaging itself from predators while sending colored light signals invisible to ...
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• Algae Removal

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 587
  Some kinds of algae are easy to remove from your aquarium and this article tells you how to deal with them. Suggestions for more persistent kinds of algae are also given.
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• The hidden life of crabs

  
  Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds) — Authority: 496
  Crabs are amazing critters! I am continually being surprised by the three (that I know of) in my aquarium. Let me introduce them; theres "Big Green", a green shore crab about an inch across, then "Snowflake", and "Babe". Babe was a stowaway. The first time I saw her*, she was barely visible, maybe a couple of ...
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• Lynx Spider – Mom and Babies are Fine!

  
  Birders Lounge — Authority: 413
  I have to follow up my last post because a few days after I wrote it, I looked really close at the plant where the Green Lynx (Peucetia viridans) placed her egg sac. Spiderlings!…and here’s a close-up:I was so excited to see the resounding success of these beautiful spiders. I saw the mom, perched atop [...]
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• Tay Meadows Tidbit – Asian Ladybug

  
  the Marvelous in nature — Authority: 123
  This evening I spotted this guy (or gal) resting on a branch of one of my orchids. When I first saw it I thought it was eating something. I brought in a couple of cuttings from the garden in late fall, and noticed a short while later that there were some aphids on the tomato. I collected up the ladybugs each time I ...
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• The Race: Critter and People Updates

  
  Island Biodiversity Race — Authority: 92
  It has been a busy couple of months, hence no posts on THE RACE.  In my last one, I hope I made it clear that scientists have senses of humor (my favorite ones do, anyway).  Here’s another fact you might not know; regardless of what he or she studies, there is probably not a single field biologist anywhere who ...
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• More wildlife than birds in British bird reserves

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 149
  This video from Britain is called Common birds, Northampton January 27th 2008, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. From Wildlife Extra : 13,400 species on RSPB reserves – Less than 3% are birds 18/11/2009 10:34:25 RSPB reserves not just for birds, says new report. November 2009. Less than three per cent of the ...
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• Seeing stars: Linckia multifora

  
  The Right Blue — Authority: 408
  What: Sea star ( Linckia multifora ), family Ophidiasteridae . Common names include: Spotted Linckia; Multi-pore Sea Star; Multicolor Sea Star. Members of this genus have cylindrically shaped rays, and skin that has a rough, granular surface. They come in a variety of colors. Where: I photographed this sea ...
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• Common Sandpiper takes an insect

  
  Bird Ecology Study Group — Authority: 132
  The images of the Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) by Mike Tan a.k.a. woof was taken in early November 2009. The image above shows the bird standing in shallow water picking an insect from the surface. It then proceeds to bash the insect into submission against the water as shown in the image below before ...
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• Seeing stars in the sea

  
  The Right Blue — Authority: 408
  by B. N. Sullivan Awhile back we had some fun with our Every Seashell Has a Story series, in which we presented photos and tales of marine molluscs that produce and live in shells.  Another interesting and often very pretty class of marine animals are Sea Stars -- also known colloquially as Starfish (although ...
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• Chewing Gum Adventures

  
  Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) — Authority: 628
  tags: invertebrates , comedy , humor , bentekr , animation , streaming video Continuing with the food theme.... This video follows the adventures that ensue after a fly discovers an already chewed piece of gum on the road. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
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• Lollipop Wars

  
  Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) — Authority: 628
  tags: invertebrates , comedy , humor , bentekr , animation , streaming video I absolutely love this video. It features an ant discovering a lollipop in the road and the battle that ensues between the ants and the flies over possession of this food bonanza. The end of this video is truly hilarious. Read ...
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• Coral eating jellyfish discovery

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 149
  From the BBC : Predatory coral eats jellyfish By Jody Bourton Earth News reporter A coral is recorded eating a jellyfish for the first time, in intriguing photographs taken by scientists. Coral usually feed on tiny plankton as well as products provided by photosynthetic algae. Yet the photos reveal a ...
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