Researchers sample a DC swamp to study a spineless creature
Its name is Stygobromus hayi, the Hay’s Spring amphipod. It is spineless. It lacks vision. It is an opportunistic feeder, consuming whatever resources are available — perhaps including the remains of its own kind. That is where its similarities to some of Washington, D.C.’s more notorious megafauna end. Researchers report on a way to survey it without threatening its existence, as other studies had done. …read more
