I was also curious as to why it would be advantageous or necessary for an eel to travel so far back and forth to lay their eggs. After a quick Google search, I found out that the mating and birthing patterns of eels is still quite unknown. Until only relatively recently, it was only hypothesized that eels travel to lay their eggs and it has never…[Read more]

I was surprised how important the waters of New York are to the overall ecosystem. Normally, the waters are thought of as polluted and uninhabitable, but a number of fish rely on these waters, including the Atlantic and short-nose sturgeon, Atlantic tomcod, and American shad. These fish contribute to the overall ecosystem of not only the New York…[Read more]

I was also wondering if there is some sort of model to predict when the next supercontinent will form and what it may look like. I do not think there is a specific equation for it, but after a quick google search I found that geologists have hypothesized what the next supercontinent may look. To answer your first question, there were other…[Read more]