Pictured: Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Ocean Acidification Impacts Oysters' Memory of Environmental Stress We're all pretty comfortable with the fact that we inherit our traits and characteristics from our parents in the form of DNA. We get a randomized half from mom, the other half from dad, and we're the resulting mix. But that stuff... Continue Reading →
Image from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Veggie-loving Fish Could Be the New White Meat It should be no surprise in 2020 to hear (again) that a vegetarian diet is the environmentally preferable alternative to one heavy in meat and other animal products. There’s all kinds of data showing how much more fresh water livestock consume... Continue Reading →
Human beings love to assign our own traits and emotions to animals. That dog is happy, look, it’s smiling! That bird is being brave attacking the snake! Etc. It’s called anthropomorphizing, and if you possess some of the worst human traits yourself, you may have tried using this word to impress strangers (but, in reality,... Continue Reading →
Image clipped from the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5M2_tXG5Zo Lazy title puns aside, Gaelin Rosenwaks is a woman after my own heart. Faced with the doom and gloom of most marine and environmental science reporting (which is valid and important, just soul-crushing to read after a while), she's chasing down bright spots so we can all still get... Continue Reading →
