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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@finchandpea
- Schrödinger's cat is named SUSY thefinchandpea.com/2013/05/18/sci… Science #Caturday from @artologica 21 hours ago
Josh Witten
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Mike White
- RT @edyong209: Oh, and Brian Clegg's comment on that "critical science journalism" piece absolutely nails it. guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2… 2 days ago
Marie-Claire Shanahan
Michele Banks
- @NeinQuarterly I picture you as more of a liebestod type than a flirt anyway 10 hours ago
Sarah Naylor
- RT @FASEBopa: Thanks everyone who retweeted our latest #NIH funding trends slides & analysis. bit.ly/19FDFKe 1 day ago
Heidi Smith
- RT @SensoryEcology: RT @BMC_series: 1st study looking for migration genes in #birds using 2 subspecies of migrating willow warblers http://… 55 minutes ago
Eva Amsen
- This talk is so cool, but I'm soooo jetlagged all of a sudden. 12 hours ago
