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I'm Dan Killam. I'm a postdoc studying clams, climate and conservation.

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Recent Posts: Clamsplaining

Biosphere 2 Update!

Research Explainer: The chemistry across a “forest” of giant clams

The Mystery of the Giant Clams of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean

Apps that Darwin would have loved

Why eating clams sometimes makes us sick (Part 1 of 2)

Flickr Photos

ZzzzLayers of white gypsum (product of evaporation during times of low sea level) alternate with richly colored red and green shales (when sea level was higher, depositing iron or copper rich sediments). The white veins in the shale are secondary gypsum, formGreat egret. 12/24/18Another Negev shot because I can't help it. Imagine The Bible crossed with The Martian crossed with Lawrence of Arabia and that's approximately the vibe.Love the NegevWas fun seeing this moonlight forest exhibit in the daytime.Red whiskered bulbul. Native to Asia but established in SoCal and many other regions. They're kinda anime, kinda punkCthulhu (his name is actually Saul) has awoken from his two month slumber to let me know he's ok, my mom is doing a good job crab sitting and I can go back to Israel. What a lovely surprise to see this little bugger say shalom the day I leave.Rearing to strike
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RSS Inaturalist Observations

  • Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
  • Trumpet Anemones
  • Dark-winged Fungus Gnats
    Been fighting these off from my plants and hermit crab enclosure, considering some Stratiolaelaps/Hypoaspis. BT treatment has worked well for plants but likely not safe in crab enclosure, so it has become reservoir
  • inchplant
  • Killdeer
    Love watching these cuties
  • Glorybowers
    Inside of Biosphere 2, by the ocean tank
  • Agaricomycetes
  • California sagebrush
  • Stereum
    Sorry I didn't capture underside
  • Chilicothe

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