Podcasts about mollusc

Oscar asks whether the snail stuck on the inside of his car wheel while he went for a drive would have felt the effects afterwards. Jon Ablett from the Natural History Museum helped James Tytko with the answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week we're talking about the whelks, a large family of sea snails that can be found all over the world and also make pretty yummy sushi!If you'd like to support the show please check out our Patreon to make a monthly donation and receive stickers and prints in the mail each month! And you can take a look at our merch store over on Etsy where we sell adorable animal stickers and postcards.Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a rating and review. To stay up to date and see our weekly episode illustrations, make sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter. And don't forget to check out our TikTok!Beyond Blathers is hosted and produced by Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne, with art by Olivia deBourcier and music by Max Hoosier. This podcast is not associated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo, we just love this game.

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 39. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/039-molluscs   Our very special guest this month is the fantatsic Kerry Walton from the Te Papa Museum in New Zealand. Kerry talks us through the weird and wonderful world of marine molluscs, from the deep to the not so deep, and what makes them fascinating to study.  We learn about the very interesting Chainmail snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum), or as some call it ‘the scaly-foot snail' (but we all agree that ‘chainmail snail' is way cooler). Plus we hear all about the unbelievable species of limpets that survive on baleen from whalefalls, and those that live on human hair in estuaries (?!?!).   We're really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show.   Thanks again for tuning in, we'll deep-see you next time!   DID YOU KNOW WE SELL MERCH? Check it out here!! And please do send in any pics of you wearing the merch!   Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own comments on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We'd love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook:DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke, Thom - @ThomLinley, Georgia - @geeinthesea Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea   Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com   FURTHER RESOURCES LINKS FROM KERRY'S INTERVIEW Kerry Walton's Research The snail with a bivalve shell Chainmail snail Baleen eating limpet Historic whalefall communities   CREDITS Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Dr Chong Chen

What do punk snails, turning 40 and Titipo the Little Train have in common? Thats right! The latest episode of the deep-sea podcast. We might be a little late this month but we've packed in as much as we can with this one. We're covering all the latest deep sea news, including new deep sea habitats, octopus gardens and brand new amphipod species. Plus, we hear from Becca Nicholls about her experiences of working as a woman offshore, and how old superstitions are still very much a thing.   Our very special guest this month is the fantatsic Kerry Walton from the Te Papa Museum in New Zealand. Kerry talks us through the weird and wonderful world of marine molluscs, from the deep to the not so deep, and what makes them fascinating to study.  We learn about the very interesting Chainmail snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum), or as some call it ‘the scaly-foot snail' (but we all agree that ‘chainmail snail' is way cooler). Plus we hear all about the unbelievable species of limpets that survive on baleen from whalefalls, and those that live on human hair in estuaries (?!?!).   Friend of the show, Susan Casey has also just released her new book The Underworld in which Dr Thom and the Professor make an appearance! In her newest novel, Susan takes us on a journey through the history of deep-sea exploration, from the myths and legends of the ancient world to the scientists who are just beginning to understand the mind-blowing complexity and ecological importance of the quadrillions of creatures who live in realms long thought to be devoid of life. It's so great to see this book finally out there after years of hard work. Get yourself a copy here. Want to hear Susan's episode of the podcast? Check it out here.   We're really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: James Fleming | Charne Lavery | Christopher Rawlins | Shona Riddell Thanks again for tuning in, we'll deep-see you next time!   DID YOU KNOW WE SELL MERCH? Check it out here!! And please do send in any pics of you wearing the merch!   Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own comments on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We'd love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook:DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke, Thom - @ThomLinley, Georgia - @geeinthesea Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea   Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com   FURTHER RESOURCES LINKS FROM KERRY'S INTERVIEW Kerry Walton's Research The snail with a bivalve shell Chainmail snail Baleen eating limpet Historic whalefall communities FROM THE REST OF THE EPISODE Thom's appearance in the New Species Podcast Alan's appearance on the Fish of the Week Podcast Thom's appearance on the BBC's Dark Places talk   NEWS Exploring the Deep Sea: Ngā Kōrero Webinar Recap (seaweek.org.nz) Caves and tunnels have been found under hydrothermal vents  Scientists confirm that octopuses use thermal springs in the deep sea to accelerate brooding time Adorable little midshipmen fry in a depressing story New genus of deep sea crustacean is established   SOUNDTRACK OF THE MONTH Titipo the Little Train - Theme Song Youtube   CREDITS Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Dr Chong Chen   GLOSSARY Baleen - The hair-like filaments found in certain whales which function similarly to teeth, to filter seawater for food. Cephalopod - A member of the mollusc class consisting of squids, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus. Chirality - Chirality is a property of an item that means it cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, as seen in the left and right hands. Chitinous - Made of chitin (the material that gives strength to the exoskeletons of crustaceans, insects and fungi walls). Commensal relationship - A long-term biological interaction in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species are unaffected. Conspecific - Belonging to the same species. Dexterally - Latin for right-turning. Keratin - A structural fibrous protein that forms hair and nails. Mollusc - The second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after the Arthropoda. Includes snails, clams, osyters, limpets, octopus, squid etc. Operculum - (In gastropods), it's the firm structure on a snails foot which acts as a trapdoor to seal the soft body of the snail in it's shell. Sinisterly - Latin origin for left-turning.

In which Catalina releases her inner Bond, and a group of well armed doctors alter the status quo...

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.06.22.546160v1?rss=1 Authors: Ramirez, M. D., Bui, T., Katz, P. S. Abstract: Gastropod molluscs, such as Aplysia, Lymnaea, and Tritonia have been important for determining fundamental rules of motor control and learning and memory because they have individually identifiable neurons. This has allowed neural circuits to be worked out using pair-wise microelectrode recordings. However, neuronal identification that relies on electrophysiology, dye tracing, and immunohistochemistry, limits research to the small number of large neurons, ignoring the much larger number of small neurons. Here we combined high throughput, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) with in situ hybridization chain reaction (HCR) to examine gene expression in the head ganglia of the gastropod, Berghia stephanieae. Cluster analysis of the transcriptomic data uncovered multiple neuronal cell clusters, as well as glial, fibroblast, and endothelial cell clusters in the central ring ganglia (CRG: cerebral, pleural, pedal, and buccal ganglia) and the rhinophore ganglia (rhg). Combinatorial molecular signatures were layered on top of size and position using HCR with multiplexed marker genes to help establish specific neuronal class and type phenotypes. Unannotated genes made up significant proportions of the top differentially expressed genes for each cluster, including the most ubiquitously expressed pan-neuronal marker. Neuronal classes expressing major neurotransmitter phenotypes of glutamatergic, cholinergic, and serotonergic neurons were identified. Some neurons co-expressed genes for two neurotransmitters. Serotonergic neurons, not cholinergic neurons, were found to express Unc-4. Among the neurons found to be glutamatergic were a single photoreceptor in the eye and Soluble guanylate cyclase (Sgc)-expressing neurons in the rhg. A sampling of expression patterns from 8 out of the 40 molluscan neuropeptides identified in the single-cell dataset showed the tremendous diversity of neuron types, with few neuropeptides co-expressed in the same neurons. A visually identifiable giant ventral neuron was found to express three peptides and Chat. A subset of neurons in rhg, which contain only small somata ( less than 15 microns), separated into three clusters: 1) glutamatergic + Sgc neurons, 2) nitric oxide synthase (Nos) + pigment dispersing factor (Pdf), and 3) Nos/Pdf-. The three groups were spatially restricted in the rhg. Transcription factors marked a cluster of newly differentiated neurons and were expressed in mature neurons. Six3/6 was expressed only in neurons from the rhinophore and cerebral ganglia, which are anterior-most of the major head ganglia, consistent with Six3/6 anterior segregation in other animals. This study provides the foundation for understanding the fundamental neuronal organization of the gastropod nervous system. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

Have you ever thought about what a chiton can actually see? They are the hard shell mollusc that sticks to rocks, and looks a bit like an armoured slug. Well they aren't sightless. Marine scientist Professor Abby Smith talks to Jesse.

FOC IT UP Comedy Club 1.18 Food Kinks with Dana Alexander, Chin Wang, The Mollusc DimensionRecorded 20 October 2022 at 21Soho in London. Published 8 November 2022.Created and presented by Kemah Bobhttps://twitter.com/kemahbobhttps://www.instagram.com/comediandanahttps://www.instagram.com/chinwangqinhttps://www.instagram.com/themolluscdimensionhttps://www.instagram.com/focitupcomedyhttps://www.focitupcomedy.comLogo by Saven ChadhaProduced by Kemah Bob, Sacks Ellis, Ned Sedgwick and Tom Salinsky. From the House of the Guilty Feminist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wild Hollow is full of interesting creatures... And sometimes there's just not enough airtime to go around. Introducing 'Wild Hollow Shorts' - a miniseries of standalone audio drama tales starring the various weird and wonderful secondary characters met along the way in 'The Chronicles of Wild Hollow'. 'The Ballad of Little Mollusc' follows everyone's favourite hard-shelled, soft-hearted cephalopod as they pursue their dreams of singing their song to the world. An original series by Shouting Is Funny, 'Wild Hollow Shorts' was created by Harvey Badger, Angus Maxwell and Christian Powlesland, with original music and songs written by the company. Bethan Barke guest voices in this episode. Sound effects were sourced from ZapSplat.com. You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and support us further via our Patreon, by simply searching Shouting Is Funny. TRANSCRIPT: https://www.shoutingisfunny.com/whshortstranscripts Featured in Feedspot's 50 Best Audio Drama Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/audio_drama_podcasts/

Welcome to episode one of a miniseries focusing on the zooarchaeology of various world regions. This episode is centred around European zooarchaeology, focusing on the natural history and anatomy of the most prominent wild and domesticated species. Tune in for curious animal introductions, waterfowl collections and musings on Pliny the Elder. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! Connect with James on Twitter: @paleoimaging Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code ANIMALS. Click this message for more information. For rough transcripts of this episode go to www.archpodnet.com/animals/45 Links Bartosiewicz, L. (2005). Worked elk (Alces alces L. 1758) antler from Central Europe. From Hooves to Horns, from Mollusc to Mammoth—Manufacture and Use of Bone Artefacts from Prehistoric Times to the Present. Tallin: Tallinn Book Printers Ltd, 339-50. O'Regan, H.J. (2018), The presence of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Holocene Britain: a review of the evidence. Mam Rev, 48: 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12127 Pate, F., Henneberg, R., & Henneberg, M. (2016). Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope evidence for dietary variability at ancient Pompeii, Italy. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 16(1), 127-133. - Richter, J. (2005). Selective hunting of pine marten, Martes martes, in Late Mesolithic Denmark. Journal of archaeological science, 32(8), 1223-1231. Robinson, M.A., Domestic burnt offerings and sacrifices at Roman and Pre-Roman Pompeii, Italy. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11, 93-9. (2002) Wigh, B. (1998) Animal bones from the Viking town of Birka, Sweden. In E. Cameron (ed.) Leather and Fur: Aspects of Medieval Trade and Technology, 81–90. London, Archetype Publications Ltd Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex's Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Welcome to episode one of a miniseries focusing on the zooarchaeology of various world regions. This episode is centred around European zooarchaeology, focusing on the natural history and anatomy of the most prominent wild and domesticated species. Tune in for curious animal introductions, waterfowl collections and musings on Pliny the Elder. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! Connect with James on Twitter: @paleoimaging Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code ANIMALS. Click this message for more information. For rough transcripts of this episode go to www.archpodnet.com/animals/45 Links Bartosiewicz, L. (2005). Worked elk (Alces alces L. 1758) antler from Central Europe. From Hooves to Horns, from Mollusc to Mammoth—Manufacture and Use of Bone Artefacts from Prehistoric Times to the Present. Tallin: Tallinn Book Printers Ltd, 339-50. O'Regan, H.J. (2018), The presence of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Holocene Britain: a review of the evidence. Mam Rev, 48: 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12127 Pate, F., Henneberg, R., & Henneberg, M. (2016). Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope evidence for dietary variability at ancient Pompeii, Italy. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 16(1), 127-133. - Richter, J. (2005). Selective hunting of pine marten, Martes martes, in Late Mesolithic Denmark. Journal of archaeological science, 32(8), 1223-1231. Robinson, M.A., Domestic burnt offerings and sacrifices at Roman and Pre-Roman Pompeii, Italy. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11, 93-9. (2002) Wigh, B. (1998) Animal bones from the Viking town of Birka, Sweden. In E. Cameron (ed.) Leather and Fur: Aspects of Medieval Trade and Technology, 81–90. London, Archetype Publications Ltd Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex's Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

[Content Note: sexual harassment There may be train noises in the background.] Amy and Karlie sat down to chat with the multi-talented Squid from the Mollusc Dimension, about his and his family's musical background, what it's like to be queer and ESEA, how it was growing up in Essex, as well as Squid's wide-ranging creative projects. Acronym used in the episode: AFAB = Assigned Female At Birth Sabah Choudrey - Supporting Trans People of Colour Alok Vaid-menon Fox Fisher Gendered Intelligence Adult Survivors Open Mic Mermaids ------ SOCIALS Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besean a coffee, 100% of the donations now go towards besean! http://bit.ly/Kofibesean ------Sign petitions: STAND WITH MYANMAR AND TAKE ACTION https://linktr.ee/meemalee ESEA HERITAGE MONTH: Sign the petition to support the launch of East & South East Asian Heritage Month in the UK https://www.change.org/ESEAHeritageMonth We've reached 30,000 signatures! Sign the petition for media outlets to stop depicting ESEA people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media

Oysters, mussels, scallops and more. When we pick up shells on the beach, how often do we consider that they represent a life lived, out in the ocean? The dynamic lives of these creatures are easily forgotten, obfuscated by the shell as a decorative object and the shellfish as a commodity. In this episode, we learn how these animals live, what they are, and what challenges they face. Tom speaks with ocean and climate scientist Priya Shukla, to discover the fascinating lives that hide behind that general label: ´shellfish´. 

Jenny (@jennysplitter and jennysplitter.com) is an award-winning journalist & science writer covering food, agriculture, climate change, biodiversity, health & technology. Her work has been published across a wide range of media outlets including Vox, Forbes, Observer, The Washington Post, Popular Mechanics and New York Magazine. Jenny is a co-founder & contributing editor to the science communication project SciMoms. She is also a podcast host on the Animal Studies channel of the New Books Network & her newsletter, FutureFeed, chronicles change in the food system. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. We discuss: 0:00 Welcome 1:05 Jenny's Intro - journalism and SciMoms - The Science Moms film 2:09 What's Real? - Growing up in California as reform Jewish - Reform Judaism: "It's definitely not heavy handed with the God stuff" - Most of the parents were atheist and agnostic. It's mostly about the ritual and the tradition and the history - Jewish philosophy re: responsibility, community obligations & making the world better - It's less about the rules than the discussion - Moving from a naive view of a caring god to "at some point I just didn't really worry about it any more" 7:58 What Matters Morally? - Complexity in reform Judaism moral discussions at Hebrew school - "Closer vs. further away from God" - "Of course I'm angry - I've just been told by my friend I'm going to hell" - SkepChick & other atheist communities - "Do no harm", community, avoiding bad people, getting into the complex stuff - COVID & re-thinking communities - The evolution of morality, good & bad - Moral scope & consideration - Writing about the climate impacts of meat & going reducetarian, then just stopping eating meat - Enjoying substituting out animal products in cooking - Not wanting to do the big philosophical debate but changing behaviour anyway - Morality then behaviour or behaviour then morality? - Philosophical arguments vs. "real people" conversations - Emotion, stories & logic - Mollusc/invertebrate sentience? - Assessing the suffering of farmed animals & fish - Garrett Broad @ Fordham & why we care about some animals & not others - "My cat is a vicious murderer" - We don't have to understand non-human animal sentience perfectly to be confident they can suffer - Bio/ecocentrism, conservation and environmentalism. "We have to be thinking about ecosystems" - Ecosystem services - "Perilous bounty" by Tom Philpott - #JustTransition for industrialised & indigenous cultures ...and much more. Full notes on Sentientism.info and YouTube. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at https://sentientism.info/​​​​​​​​​​​​​. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall https://sentientism.info/wall/ here: https://sentientism.info/im-a-sentientist​. ​Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. Main one is here on Facebook​. Thanks Graham for the post-prod.

The export of bivalve molluscs from Class B waters to the EU for human consumption came to a halt as of the 1st January. It’s had a devastating impact on mollusc farming businesses. DEFRA said they had had assurances from the EU that the trade WOULD still be able to go ahead after Brexit, and that the EU has changed the rules. Now, we get a response from the European Commission. A field lab being run by Innovative Farmers - a not-for-profit group which links up farmers and researchers - is looking at whether introducing trees into fields used for grazing, increases soil carbon. Those involved hope the data will be used by policy makers to decide how much farmers should be paid for adding trees to fields under a system of ‘public money for public goods’. We visit one of the farms involved. And Labour are reviewing all their rural policies in England, saying they want to be the Party of the Countryside. They vow more support for rural transport, health services, and community hubs. They're also scrutinising the Government’s current plans to phase out area-based Direct Payments for farmers and introduce Environmental Land Management Scheme or ELMs. Anna Hill speaks to Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Luke Pollard. Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

Scaly-foot gastropods are also known as scaly-foot snails, sea pangolins, and Iron Snails! Or if you want to be scientific, Chrysomallon squamiferum is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snails. These vent-endemic gastropods were discovered in Apr 2001 and only live in deep  water (over a mile deep) by hydrothermal vents in three tiny locations in the Indian Ocean.But first, some life advice. Don’t tell women to smile. We don’t like it, and it does not make us feel better. Actually, just stop telling people in general what to do. Nobody likes it. Scaly-foot snails have an unique shell with the outer layer consisting of iron sulfides. Its “foot” is also unusual because it is armored at the sides with iron-mineralized sclerites. They are the only known animal that incorporates iron into their skeleton. Why do they have iron in their skeletons? We’re not sure, but it probably has something to do with the bacteria that live inside, and on, it and provide all its nutrients. Interesting, right? Listen now to learn more. For more information on us, visit our website at betterthanhumanpodcast.comFollow us on Twitter @betterthanhuma1on Facebook @betterthanhumanpodcaston Instagram @betterthanhumanpodcaston TikTok  @ https://www.tiktok.com/@l_a_mander https://www.tiktok.com/@betterthanhumanpodcastor Email us at betterthanhumanpodcast@gmail.comWe look forward to hearing from you, and we look forward to you joining our cult of weirdness!#betterthanhuman #cultofweirdness

This episode features "Mercy and the Mollusc" written by M. L. Clark. Published in the February 2021 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clark_02_21 Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

This episode features "Mercy and the Mollusc" written by M. L. Clark. Published in the February 2021 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clark_02_21 Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

Episode Notes This week we're joined by Dr Rachel Murray, a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in English Literature based at the University of Sheffield. In this episode we talk to Rachel about Darwin's Sexy crabs, why T.S. Eliot was bad in bed and whether or not A Bug's Life can be read as Marxist allegory. Rachel is interested in all things creepy crawly and recently published her first monograph The Modernist Exoskeleton: Insects, War, Literary Form with Edinburgh University Press. You can follow Rachel at @murrayrachel89 and can listen to her BBC4 episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qwtx Unlike Rachel's BBC4 production we can proudly state that no bugs were harmed in the making of this episode.

An international competition has put a New Zealand mollusc in the spotlight and there's still time to vote!

As kismet would have it, it’s WORLD OYSTER DAY! Before we found out oysters even had their own day, we wanted to celebrate these slippery salt-water molluscs because it turns out, when gathered together, they’re quite amazing and could provide natural solutions to many of mankind’s biggest environmental problems. Familiar voice, friend of the show, marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, Bryce Stewart, kicks us off with an answer to the most important question asked this week, “Why don't you chew an oyster?”. From there we go into the cleaning power of oyster reefs - learning that a one-acre reef can daily filter 36 olympic swimming pools worth of water! Then Professor Rowan Lockwood, chair of geology at William and Mary University in Williamsburg, Virginia, explains how she uses the fossil records of oysters, and a technique called sclerochronology, to figure out how to restore the populations in the modern Chesapeake Bay. Rowan explains how oysters aren’t just filtration machines, they are ecosystem engineers, building three-dimensional habitats for other species to live in. And, as seems to be the case for all experts in their field, we drool over the deliciousness of oysters - because you simply have to eat your study!An extra massive thank you to John Hartoch for lending his versatility of voice to Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter" at the very tip-top of this episode. Thank you John.For further information on this and other episodes, visit: http://www.treesacrowd.fm/world-oyster-day/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is an actual play of Henshin! the Sentai RPG - Three new heroes arise to fight the Queen of Atlantis and her evil forces! Gifted strange mystical science powers by Professor T-Rex and Doctor Mollusc they ready themselves for the fight of their life - all while making sure they get to class on time!

Between the weird and wonderful rangeomorphs of the Ediacaran Period and the world-famous palaeocommunities of the Burgess Shale, the 'Early Cambrian' is host to a 'waste basket' of fossils untied by their small size and shelly construction. These small shelly fossils (SSFs) aren't just a single group of animals, but represent several different invertebrate phyla. Further compounding the difficulty of their identification, each SSF, termed a 'sclerite', is part of a larger composite skeleton known as a 'sclerotome'. Whilst some complete sclerotomes have been preserved, many SSFs still represent multiple jigsaws thrown together and the pictures lost. Piecing the SSFs back together and building a picture of the Earliest Cambrian is Dr Marissa Betts of the University of New England, Australia. Her work on the SSFs have provided a new framework for the regional stratigraphy of Australia and in this interview, we discuss why this was necessary, how she went about it and finally, what we know about the animals themselves.

Stealin', Cheese-cuttin', Radioactive, AWOL, Mollusc-faced Idiots. Do Not Try This At Home!

Between the weird and wonderful rangeomorphs of the Ediacaran Period and the world-famous palaeocommunities of the Burgess Shale, the 'Early Cambrian' is host to a 'waste basket' of fossils untied by their small size and shelly construction. These small shelly fossils (SSFs) aren't just a single group of animals, but represent several different invertebrate phyla. Further compounding the difficulty of their identification, each SSF, termed a 'sclerite', is part of a larger composite skeleton known as a 'sclerotome'. Whilst some complete sclerotomes have been preserved, many SSFs still represent multiple jigsaws thrown together and the pictures lost. Piecing the SSFs back together and building a picture of the Earliest Cambrian is Dr Marissa Betts of the University of New England, Australia. Her work on the SSFs have provided a new framework for the regional stratigraphy of Australia and in this interview, we discuss why this was necessary, how she went about it and finally, what we know about the animals themselves.

Ed Yong wrote another great article on the evolution of intelligence in the Octopus. The Mollusc species got more intelligent as they lost their shells. They developed behavioral flexibility and camouflage. It's a great piece that you could read here, but don't forget to listen to the episode if you want the information on the go. How would you test an Octopus Intelligence? Share your thoughts in the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Want to be more eco-friendly? Buy certified eco-friendly products from our affiliate partner the Grove Collaborative: http://www.speakupforblue.com/goocean. Check out the new Speak Up For The Ocean Blue Podcast App: http://www.speakupforblue.com/app. Speak Up For Blue Instagram Speak Up For Blue Twitter

Nathan Johnson is back again for another Ocean Talk Friday episode. Nathan makes a special announcement about his career and how being a co-host of the Ocean Talk Friday Episodes helped him attain this new goal.  We also talk about some articles that we thought you should know about: 1) Countries pushing for another MPA in the Antarctic; 2) Nuie, island in the South Pacific, declares MPA protecting 40% of its ocean; and, 3) Engineers try to replicate the camouflage ability of the Octopus (pretty cool!). Enjoy the Podcast!!! Let me know what you think of the episode by joining our Facebook Group for the Podcast. This episode was brought to you by Octo (Open Communications for The Oceans). Check out their recent MEAM (Marine Ecosystem And Management) issue helping inform the Marine Science and Conservation field around the world. Support Speak Up For Blue's Efforts to create a free pr=resource program for Ocean Citizen Scientists to help move Marine Science and Conservation forward by collecting information for various Citizen Science program. Contribute to our Patreon Campaign

The science of sea shells. Dr Helen Scales is a Marine Biologist, Writer and Broadcaster.

 Rack Off! is a feminist music festival which took place on March 5 at the Tote Hotel in Fitzroy, Melbourne in support of YWCA Victoria. All of the 15 bands and artists who played were women and/or gender non-conforming people, or significantly featured women or gender non-conforming people as members. Women on the Line attended the event and spoke to people who performed, attended and did sound, as well as organiser Joanna Nilson from YWCA Victoria.More information about YWCA Victoria can be found at http://www.ywca.net/Listeners can hear and find out more about the bands who played the festival at the links below.Beaches https://beaches.bandcamp.com/Holy Balm https://soundcloud.com/holy-balmLucy Cliché https://soundcloud.com/lucy-clicheRed Red Krovvy https://soundcloud.com/red-red-krovvyDeep Heat https://deepheatband.bandcamp.com/Mollusc https://bvlvmlsc.bandcamp.com/Masses https://massesmelbourne.bandcamp.com/Stations https://stationsofthecross.bandcamp.com/Pleasure Symbols https://pleasuresymbols.bandcamp.com/Simona Castricum https://simonacastricum.bandcamp.com/EN V https://soundcloud.com/en-v-6Sleepless NightsTheta https://theta007.bandcamp.com/Two Steps on the Water https://twostepsonthewater.bandcamp.com/

This hour stories of those who share and those who lurk. The Mollusc and the Peacock by Natalie Kestecher (Short Cuts, BBC Radio 4, 2014) This is the story of a Facebook lurker, someone who sees herself as curious but benign. Like her grandmother, who was a fan of American soap operas, she has a taste for stories about the lives of others just as long as they’re glamorous and extravagant and don’t bear too much resemblance to reality. Voyager Found by Jonathan Mitchell (The Truth, 2014) In the 1970s, NASA produced an audio time capsule on a Golden Record curated by astronomer Carl Sagan to represent all of life on earth as we’ve known it. It was sent aboard the Voyager spacecrafts to reach distant planetary systems. This episode of the podcast “The Truth” imagines the listeners who might find it. Wake Up, Baby! by Peregrine Andrews (Between the Ears, BBC Radio 3, 2015) A baby sleeps. A man in another room watches her on a screen. Her loving father? No. This man does not know this baby. He's... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The world is currently undergoing a massive biodiversity crisis, and many people have said that we are in the next major mass extinction event, with species going extinct each day. Unfortunately, we don't currently understand what aspects control biodiversity, and how the past can help us understand the present and the future. Associate Professor Lindsey Leighton of the University of Alberta discusses his work combining research of modern invertebrate marine fauna related to biodiversity and ecosystems with studies of the fossil record in order to further understand this problem.

This episode: When digesting wood, shipworms outsource their microbial symbionts from gut to gills! Download Episode (9.7 MB, 10.6 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Swimming alga Euglena could help treat iron overdose (paper) Bacteria in bees could produce useful antimicrobials Tough bacteria could help make nuclear waste storage safer Learning about ancient cultures from their fossilized feces (paper) Using phages to make wastewater treatment better Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook

Fossils, at the best of times, are difficult to interpret. Palaeontologists attempt to reconstruct organisms from what little remains are left. This can be relatively simple for groups that we are familiar with today; you can easily make comparisons between a fossil lobster and a living one. But how do you interpret a fossil that has no modern counterpart and is not clearly related to any other organism?  We speak to Dr Jakob Vinther of the University of Bristol about his experience of interpreting some of the oldest and most cryptic specimens in the fossil record.  We look at molluscs, worms, worm-like molluscs and mollusc-like worms.

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