CreatureCast is a collaborative blog by evolutionary biologist Casey Dunn and his students at Brown University. They've just created their first CreatureCast Web video and it is fantastic. In this first episode of the series, Sophia Tintori discusses the magic of iridescence in squid. Tintori, who studies marine invertebrates called Siphonophorae, did the animation and audio production for the video. Fantastic work — I can't wait for the next episode! CreatureCast Episode 1 (Thanks, Dr. Casey Dunn!)
CreatureCast Web video series about wondrous animals
This spider flings ants 30 centimeters into its trap
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