Ep. 3 of “A Natural History of Limpets” is out!
Here I show how these animals are not just evolutionary marvels and biomechanical fortresses, but keystone species of rocky shores, and how they helped define the basic principles of ecology as a scientific field 👇
From barnacle belts to limpet grazing fronts, rocky shores shaped by disturbance taught ecologists how communities are built and undone.