Category: Climbing the Tree of Life
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The Stingy Biology of Jellies & Sea Combs
Today, things are getting more and more colorful with sea jellies of all shapes and forms, with rainbow-light sea combs, and more. Sea jellies are usually called jellyfish, though they are far from fish, and sea combs are usually called comb jellies, though they aren’t jellies. Oh, the fun naming of taxonomy. Until very recently,…
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The Ancient Biology of Sponges
Are sponges the oldest animals? What kind of sponge is that squarepanted yellow idiot with the pineapple? Are the inner skins of sponges made up of sperm? From SpongeBob to nature, we’re talking sponges today.
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The Tiny Biology of BACTERIA and VIRUSES
You would not exist without viruses. I cover the very basics of life and the not-so-alive viruses.
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Where Did Life START?
Where did life originally come from? How did we get from rocks and gas to living animals and human beings? No one really knows but today, we’ll get closer to the answer of the origins of life.