I’ve had a lot of life changes since my last activity her. I’ve gotten married, defended my PhD, and moved to Lund, Sweden to do my postdoctoral research with Dan-Eric Nilsson. I’m changing gears a little bit from my mantis shrimp, but I’m staying in vision research. I will now be working on some slightly [...]

Mantis shrimp have always been the coolest animal in the universe (don’t bother arguing this point), but now everyone finally seems to be aware of this fact. All it took was being feature by one of my favorite webcomics, The Oatmeal. This is a great piece of pop-science art. Sure it is rife with misconceptions, [...]

These photoS and several others were taken by Jason Isley, who carefully arranged miniatures underwater in amusing scenes alongside sea life. Check out the whole set at the Daily Mail. Hat tip to Zen at NeuroDojo.

Here is a collection of critter shots from Lizard Island last field season.

Here is a collection of photos from my most recent field trip to Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef last summer. I neglected to post them at the time since I was on a bit of a hiatus. As things look right now, I will have one last trip to this special place this [...]

It’s been a while, but I’ve gotten the itch to get back to writing here. Lets jump back in with a bang! Last month. I finally got a hold of the species of mantis shrimp that many would consider the crown jewel of Stomatopoda – Odontodactylus scyllarus. Personally I think O. scyllarus is a little [...]