Creaturecast

CreatureCast is a collaborative blog produced by members of the Dunn Lab at Brown University, along with assorted friends. This project, which is focussed on zoology in the broad sense, serves as a forum to present original content that we have produced and observations by others that we find interesting and beautiful.

Support for some original podcast content is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Mollusc themed podcasts are supported by a collaborative NSF research grant to Casey Dunn, Gonzalo Giribet, and Nerida Wilson.

Moray Eel Moray Eel

This video introduces the moray eel and describes the amazing way they eat


Creaturecast: Siphonophores And Individuality Creaturecast: Siphonophores And Individuality
In this installment of CreatureCast, Casey Dunn describes how siphonophores help us question what we think of as an individual.
Creaturecast: Multicellularity Creaturecast: Multicellularity
This episode covers the evolution and development of multicellular organisms
Creaturecast: Squid Iridescence Creaturecast: Squid Iridescence
This episode discusses the work that's been done in the Morse lab on squid iridescence
Creaturecast: The Fried Egg Jellyfish Creaturecast: The Fried Egg Jellyfish
The life cycle of the fried egg jellyfish
Creaturecast: Coral Cooperation Creaturecast: Coral Cooperation
The community that is coral
Creaturecast: Comb Jellies Creaturecast: Comb Jellies
The wonders of comb jellies
Creature Cast: Comb Jelly Movement Creature Cast: Comb Jelly Movement
This episode of Creaturecast dicusses how comb jellies move in the same way that many single-celled organisms do