On May 4th a colleague of mine, Dr. Brian Sidlauskas, curator for the fish collection of Oregon State University, received this email. Respected Prdf. Brian; On most humanitarian ground, would you please be so kind to provide me 25 Preserved MYXINE /EPTATRETUS sps. ;Hag-fish; Size Range 10″-15″ ,7 Petromyzon marinus ,and 15 Sub-Adult of HYDROLAGUS colliei . . . → Read More: Robbing Museums
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By Dr. M, on  May 23rd, 2012  One comment  Bringin' It, Education, Scientist!, Uncategorized  biological supply, collection, dissection, fish, hoax, Museum, specimen, theft By Dr. M, on May 20th, 2012 2 comments Art, Biodiversity, New Species, Scientist! Hoff Crab, Tattoo, yeti crab Remember the Hoff Crab? You bet your bippy you do. You can thank Nicolai Roterman for that. Nicolai, a hydrothermal vent biologist and a member of the expedition that found this hairy crab, coined the name Hoff Crab while still on board. To commemorate this very special event Nicolai’s sister watercolored the specimen caught on the SW . . . → Read More: Hoff Crab + Tattoo = Awesomsauce
By Dr. M, on May 16th, 2012 3 comments Biodiversity Deepstaria, jellyfish, MBARI, placenta, scyphomedusa, Steve Haddock, Youtube The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has just posted better footage of Deepstaria, The scyphomedusa Deepstaria is certainly odd, with its bag-like appearance, and bell that can open more than a meter wide. Speculation on the identity of a mystery blob of has become a YouTube sensation, sparking heated and entertaining debates over . . . → Read More: Better and New Video of the Enigmatic Placental Jellyfish
By Dr. M, on May 10th, 2012 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Evolution, Uncategorized brittle start, echinoderm, gait, symetry, tube feet, walking Unlike their Echinoderm brethren, brittle stars do not move along on tube feet that can propel them in any direction. Instead, brittle stars ‘walk’. This mode of movement by brittle stars is even more astonishing when it is considered that brittle stars, like all echinoderms, are not bilaterally symmetrical, i.e mirror imaged halves. All echinoderms . . . → Read More: These Arms Were Made For Walking
By Dr. M, on May 9th, 2012 49 comments Biodiversity, Zooplankton Cnidaria, deep sea, Deepstaria enigmatica, gonad, jellyfish, pelagic, ROV Yesterday the DSN crew first saw the video above. What is this large floating sheet of goo? Is it alive? Was it once alive? The two leading contenders seems to be that it is A) an old whale placenta or B) a rare and enigmatic deep-sea jellyfish. And the answer is…. B) A) So why is . . . → Read More: Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish
By Dr. M, on May 7th, 2012 2 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Coral, Fishing, Industry & Government auction, black coral, CITES, Coral, ebay, endangered, vulnerable eBay’s history is dotted with carcasses of endangered and vulnerable species. In 2000, the Sea Turtle Conservancy announced that a large selection of illegal hawksbill turtle shell products were available on the online auction site. “On Jan. 6, about about 50 genuine tortoise shell items were listed for sale through ebay, said Gary Appelson, advocacy . . . → Read More: Finding Endangered Life on eBay
By Dr. M, on May 7th, 2012 Leave a comment Carnivals & Link Love, Scientist! #SciFund, Funding, kickstarter I cannot say it any better than Jai and Jarrett so in their own words The #SciFund Challenge is an experiment – can scientists use crowdfunding to fund their research? The current rate of funding for science proposals in the U.S. is ~20%. The current rate for crowdfunding statues of RoboCop in Detroit is 135% – to . . . → Read More: SciFund Challenge: The Aquatic Projects
By Dr. M, on April 27th, 2012 9 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Expeditions, New Research, New Species endosymbiotic bacteria, lumber, Squat Lobster, timber, tree, Wood, woodfall, Xylophaga, Xyloplax Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor. They range from small fragments to 2000+ pound behemoths. Ligneous cadavers litter the seafloor, a last resting place for visitors from a faraway and drier place, becoming rare as . . . → Read More: A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts
xkcd yesterday brought one of the spectacular pieces of illustration ever seen on the internet, Lakes and Oceans. This glorious piece of art features depths of the world’s lakes and oceans as well as the homes of David Bowie and Freddy Mercury. Some of the xkcd illustrations and cartoons make it too posters. Well Jarrett . . . → Read More: Must Own a Poster of This
By Dr. M, on April 2nd, 2012 27 comments Expeditions alvin, Deep Sea Challenge, Funding, James Cameron, submersible, subs This is an invited contribution. A marine biologist, who posts here under the pseudonym, Dour Marine Biologist, offers a counter to the media and even DSN hype on Cameron’s dive. I find these points below worth consideration and dialogue. I want to hear your comments below. Since James Cameron’s record-breaking dive on March 26th the media . . . → Read More: Shouldn’t We Be More Skeptical of the DeepChallenger Dive?
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