The name “sea pig” conjures up many images, but probably not that of a
deep-sea holothurian echinoderm. There are three species of sea pigs all in the genus Scotoplanes. They inhabit deep sea floors often high densities and are thus sensitive to deep sea trawling. Continue reading
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Mike wrote about gene patents for Pacific Standard.
Michele has a guest post at Scientific American's Symbiartic blog.
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