Going to be mostly absent from the internet until the 4th. Happy holidays, everyone! Probably won't be able to post protists until then,...

Occasionally, I do go out. In anticipation of such an unlikely event, I usually have an eppie tube or two and possibly a ziplock bag in my p...

Possibly the world's largest cell: Source A deep-dwelling marine foraminiferan (Kingdom Rhizaria) that is one large multinucleate cell. ...

There seems to be lots of confusion as to what a protist really is. This is quite understandable, since the chaos has deep historical roots....

If you're a unicellular organism, chances are you might want motility at some point or another. Being able to move helps escape predator...

A genus that sums up my life perfectly: Chaos (Amoebozoa) source We were looking at amoebae today. This one is quite huge -- a couple milime...

Having practically grown up in Bay Area (9 years of my childhood), I'm quite disappointed to hear about Prop 8, and the anti-gay marriag...

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/10/wheres_charlton_heston_when_yo.php Simply amazing!

...god took a few hits of LSD and created Protista. This solves the great mystery of why the Bible neglects microorganisms... the ancient pr...

Had spotty internet connection at home for the past week or so. That was compounded by the usual midterm madness at school, thereby resultin...