Blob-ology

Not all blobs are created equal.  ? Blobs of Fiction First, let’s prime your mind with some recognizable blobs that don’t fit within strict taxonomic organization, at least on Earth! Jabba the Hutt Yep, that large creepy slug alien on Tatooine. Did you know that the Hutt species, like many molluscan gastropods on Earth, are…

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The Grapes of the Western Flyer

A survey of the Gulf of California 40 years after the collection event which lead to the book: The Log from the Sea of Cortez In March of 1940, John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts ventured with a crew of six from Monterey, California to the Gulf of California in Mexico. The goal of this journey…

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