You heard here first people, another new species of Yeti crab may be out there! Jon Copley just sent this message along. Well hey, a couple of weeks ago we found yet more yeti crabs out here at vents on the SW Indian Ridge, different in morphology to the Costa Rican seep and southern Pacific … . . . → Read More: Another New Yeti Crab!!??
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By Dr. M, on  December 15th, 2011  3 comments  Biodiversity, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls  Hydrothermal Vent, Kiwa hirsuta, Kiwa puravida, scaly-foot snail, yeti crab By Dr. M, on December 14th, 2011 6 comments Industry & Government, Uncategorized, Vessels and Equipment Funding, NSF, oceanography, Research Vessel, UNOLS When I say I am going on research cruise, I get two responses. 1. “Well that sounds nice, do they serve cocktails and is there shuffleboard?” 2. “How much a day does a ship cost?” In response to one, I do enjoy working at sea. If I didn’t I would be on fast track to … . . . → Read More: I Got 99 Problems and a Ship Ain’t One
By Dr. M, on December 14th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Megavertebrate Dolphin, uplifting, whale, whale-sliding, world domination Over at AnimalWise they explain dolphin equivalent of planking. We at DSN fear this may be another step on dolphin world domination . . . → Read More: The Science of Dolphins Whale-Sliding
Nothing cool like this ever happens to me After barging in uninvited, a baby fur seal decided to curl up on the couch of a woman in Tauranga, New Zealand, and take a nap. via Napping Seal Pup of the Day – The Daily What. . . . → Read More: Napping Seal Pup of the Day
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 11th, 2011 Leave a comment Cephalopods!, Mating & Reproduction indonesia, mating behavior, Mimic Octopus h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia. . . . → Read More: Sunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic Moctopus
For all the parents of larval deeplings out there… . . . → Read More: TGIF – Baby Beluga
Of course, this is scientifically inaccurate. Dolphins are NEVER in favor of pants. From Married to the Sea. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Onward, weird dolphin!
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 9th, 2011 Leave a comment Adaptations, Coral, TGIF: Pictures & Movies BBC, bbc earth, BBC Oceans, coral reefs, Diving, Fluorescence, Phillipe Cousteau, red sea From BBC Earth Youtube page: Phillipe Coustaeau and the team dive in the Red Sea, one of the warmest seas in the world. Despite the warm temperatures, coral reefs flourish with their flourescent pigmentation putting on an amazing show of technicolour. Fantastic clip taken from the BBC Oceans series. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news … . . . → Read More: TGIF – Underwater Fluorescent Disco
By Dr. M, on December 8th, 2011 2 comments Environmental Sciences, Geology Challenger Deep, deepest, depth, Mariana Trench, Trench A new survey puts the depth of the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, at 10,994 meters, nearly 75 meters more than deepest of prior estimates. The new survey was conducted by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) at the University of New Hampshire. Also interesting is The US State … . . . → Read More: Deepest Trench Now With More Deep
By Dr. M, on December 6th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Microbes, New Research, New Species, Open Access, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Uncategorized Hydrothermal Vent, kiwa, Kiwa hirsuta, Kiwa puravida, yeti crab Back in 2005, three researchers described and named a very unusual crab from a hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean (paper here). The scientists christened this crustacean Kiwa hirsuta from the name of the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology and the Latin hirsutus meaning hairy. The later specifically referring some very hairy claws indeed. Thus a … . . . → Read More: Yeti Crab Roundup
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