Slow But Micro Powerful: Living Snail Turned Into Fuel Cell

Source: Planet Save

I’m sure that if gastropods (snails and their ilk; word mean “stomach-foot”) could speak, they’d have a few words of protest over this exploitation of their enzymes… but one snail at least has been ‘harvested’ — for its energy output — without being harm ...
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Shinnecock Bay Shellfishing Reopens

Source: Northport Patch

Some of the news from around Long Island you may have missed this week. After nearly two months, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has lifted its temporary ban on taking carnivorous gastropods fro ...
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Shinnecock Bay Shellfishing Re-Opens

Source: Hampton Bays Patch

Cloudy with a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. DEC OKs harvest of shellfish and carnivorous gastropods. After ne ...
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DEC Reopens Sag Harbor Shellfishing

Source: The Sag Harbor Express

Approximately 490 acres of shellfish lands in Sag Harbor Cove, Town of Southampton, is re-opening for the harvest of shellfish, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today. These areas were closed on A ...
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Deep-Sea Vents contaminated by vehicles

Source: Earthtimes.org

Four scientists noticed an anomaly in their faunal records, as they are trained to do, of course. In this case, the beasts (Lepetodrilus gordensis) they had recorded just 36 hours earlier and 635km away, were recorded for the first time at a new ...
Full article at: Earthtimes.org  More like this  2 days ago, 3:12pm CDT

GAINING ON THE GASTROPODS by Garry Preston

Source: My Garden

At Rosemoor we use a number of methods to control slugs but one of the most effective on asparagus is a biological control using a nematode, sold as Nemaslug. This can be very effective providing the soil is ...
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