by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Jun 20, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Recent research has shown that Ctenophores have a unique genome and nervous system structure, not related to those seen in any other animals. Once again one of my favorite weird animal groups has risen to the surface in the boiling, bubbling, babbling, cauldron of...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Mar 21, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
As I write this, it is the vernal equinox, the so-called, “first day of spring,” or around here, in South-Central Montana, right now in 2014, it would be better termed one of the later days of winter. In the areas of the Salish Sea or Puget Sound, the seasonal dance...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Oct 24, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
The common bristle worms seen in aquaria are fireworms. Categorized by scientists as worms in the Family Amphinomidae of the Annelid Class Polychaeta, fireworms are easily recognized by their possession of groups of white defensive bristles located on both sides of...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Jul 19, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Hi Folks, I hope this marks a return that is permanent, and that all the medical issues that have kept me chasing my tail for the last few months have been settled. Jellies I have been a fan of jellyfish ever since I learned that they were neither jelly nor fish. I...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Apr 19, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
While doing some mindless work the other day, and wanting to escape the drudgery, I put my mind in some other place and started to wonder for the umpteenth time about some of the things I didn’t learn in grad school. These were some of the important things “the...
