Embrace the Gulf 2020 – the bivalves

This is a good name for this group. They are mollusk that have two shells. They tried “univalve” with the snails and slugs, but that never caught on – gastropods it is for them. The… Read More
Posted: June 25, 2020
This is a good name for this group. They are mollusk that have two shells. They tried “univalve” with the snails and slugs, but that never caught on – gastropods it is for them. The… Read More
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Posted: June 11, 2020
One of the largest groups of invertebrates in the Gulf are the Mollusk… what many call “seashells”. Shell collecting has been popular for centuries and, in times past, there were large shows where shells from… Read More
Posted: May 27, 2020
As we continue our series on marine life in the Gulf of Mexico, we also continue our articles on marine worms. Worms are not the most charismatic creatures in the Gulf, but they are very… Read More
Posted: May 13, 2020
As we embrace the marine life of the Gulf of Mexico during this year of “Embracing the Gulf”, we are currently hooked on worms. In the last article we talked about the gross and creepy… Read More
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Embrace the Gulf 2020, Marine worms, Nemertean worms, Worms
Posted: April 28, 2020
Okay, this is a gamble. I began this series to celebrate the year of the Gulf of Mexico – “Embracing the Gulf 2020”. The idea was to write about the habitats, creatures, economic impacts, and… Read More
Posted: April 17, 2020
I’d like to be a jellyfish… cause jellyfish don’t pay rent… They don’t walk and they don’t talk with some Euro-trash accent… Their just simple protoplasm… clear as cellophane They ride the winds of fortune…… Read More
Posted: April 5, 2020
We began this series on the Gulf talking about the Gulf itself. We then moved to the big, more familiar – maybe more interesting animals, the vertebrates – birds, fish, etc. In this edition we… Read More
Posted: February 21, 2020
The birds… This is nuts… an article about the birds of the Gulf of Mexico in 500 words or less… right. Do you know how many species of birds live in and around the Gulf?… Read More
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Birds, Embrace the Gulf 2020, Seabirds, Shorebirds
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