How many of you see a panda and automatically think of conservation and the World Wildlife Fund? The well-known panda logo was designed by the famous conservationist Sir Peter Scott. one of the founding members of WWF. The idea originated from a panda named Chi Chi transferred into the London Zoo in the same … . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean
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By Dr. M, on  June 8th, 2011  4 comments  Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Cephalopods!, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Fishing, Industry & Government  acidification, Architeuthis, climate change, conservation, Giant Squid, Overfishing, World Ocean Day The very intelligent website 3 Quarks Daily, has an annual Science Prize for science writing on the web. Two articles from Deep Sea news have made it to be selected among 80 for judging! This prestigious award is cash prize and we would really love your support to make at least one of … . . . → Read More: 2 From DSN in the 3 Quarks Daily Science Prize Contest!
By Dr Bik, on June 6th, 2011 Leave a comment Expeditions, New Research Expeditions, Japan, Radiation, scientific cruise This weekend marked the beginning of a new scientific expedition, investigating how leaked radiation may be affecting marine life around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The cruise is carrying 17 scientists, led by Ken Buesseler from Wood’s Hole: Fisher is leading the effort to study how marine life takes … . . . → Read More: Tracking radiation effects off Fukushima
By Miriam Goldstein, on June 5th, 2011 8 comments Scientist! Gender, gender gap, physical oceanography, tenure, Women in Science The gender gap in tenure-track physical oceanography faculty positions has nearly doubled since the mid-1990s, according to a correspondence item published in Nature Geoscience in March. (Thanks to labmate Kate for the heads-up!) From the University of Washington press release: Twenty-eight percent of the men earning physical oceanography doctorates at key U.S. institutions from … . . . → Read More: Gender gap doubles in physical oceanography
From the MBARI YouTube page: By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over ecosystems, and live forever. Because of the immense diversity of gelatinous plankton, jelly-like creatures can individually have each of these properties. However this way of looking at them both overstates … . . . → Read More: There’s No Such Thing as a Jellyfish
Well, I managed to wrestle away the reigns of the blog from our gracious guest editor tonight, Mr. Archie Teuthis. I think he did a fine job of wrangling posts and miscellanea from the Davy Jones’ Locker of our deep archive. Deep Sea News has been going strong since 2005 and we can’t do … . . . → Read More: KRAKEN Day: The Final Tentacle
By Archie Teuthis, on June 1st, 2011 Leave a comment Adaptations, Books/Media, Cephalopods! Book Review, Cephalopod, cuttlefish, David Manly, Giant Squid, Kraken, Kraken Day, Octopus, squid, Wendy Williams Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid By Wendy Williams Abrams Publishing, 224 pages Reviewed by David Manly for Deep Sea News: When you look at the huge diversity of life on this planet, there are wondrous sites to behold. There are trees that grow until they seemingly touch the sky, and whale species the … . . . → Read More: KRAKEN Day: Release the Kraken!
THE KRAKEN Alfred Lord Tennyson Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee About his shadowy sides; above him swell Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; And far away into the sickly light, From many a wondrous and secret cell Unnumber’d and enormous polypi Winnow with giant … . . . → Read More: KRAKEN Day: Tennyson’s Poem
From Dr. M in 2007: If you been keeping up here at DSN, you probably already know that Humboldt squid are invading further north up the Pacific Coast. Dosidicus gigas are voracious pack hunters occurring historically from Chile to Baja California. Occasionally, they are reported as far north as San Francisco and in … . . . → Read More: KRAKEN Day: Humboldts, They’re Here to Stay and They’re NOT Giant Squid
Its hard to believe that way way back in 2007, Kevin Z was writing his epic song Big Dead Squid, which launched in blogmusic career. Now 4 years later he is still #1 on the charts for invertebrate folk music posted on blogs! Little known fact about this song is that it was inspired … . . . → Read More: KRAKEN Day: Big Dead Squid
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