One of my favorite blogs BiblioOdyssessy which features illustrations from historical texts has post today containing hand-coloured illustrations of molluscs and other invertebrates collected during a French expeditionary voyage in the 1820s. The new Astrolabe skirted the coast of southern Australia, carried out new relief maps of the South Island of New Zealand, reached . . . → Read More: The Astrolabe Molluscs
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Apparently Dr. Miriam and I are not the only people who like to merge I love of the oceans and Firefly. -Twitter / leeners81: Serenity sighting in WA!! …. Collectors Weekly has a nice write up about origins of tattoos among sailors. Body art was particularly well-suited to the transient and dangerous nature of life at sea. “These sailors were traveling the world, and wanted to bring back souvenirs from places they had visited,” explains Eldridge. “Aboard a ship, you don’t have much . . . → Read More: The Nautical Roots of Popular Tattoos
#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } As soon as dollars start falling from the sky I will be ordering one of these for everyone in the DSN superteam. The . . . → Read More: DSN’s Must Have Whip: The Aquaman Kia Rio
By Dr. M, on  October 19th, 2012  3 comments  Art, Pictures and Movies  Breakfast Cereal, Captain Crunch Continuing with the them of reimagining characters of childhood. Love it but not quite sure I am ready for that peanut butter goodness now. Make sure you look at the rest of the series as well. Also love the Frosted Flakes Capn – Cereal series on the Behance Network. . . . → Read More: Now That’s Captain Crunch
I probably would have paid more attention to Popeye as kid if he had looked like this. Now I need to go eat some spinach and work on my forearms. Popeye | The High Definite. The largest octopus is the Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini. According to data from a 1987 Masters Thesis from J.A. Cosgrove, the Pacific Giant Ocotopus can reach a weight of over 150 pounds (>70kg). Our friend Jason Bradley, underwater photographer extraordinaire and honorary DSN photographer (post, post, post, post) captured this amazing shot at . . . → Read More: Giant Pacific Octopus!
By Miriam Goldstein, on July 11th, 2012 6 comments Art Cephalopod, Comics, San Diego Comic Con, SDCC, squid As I mentioned in our Firefly post, I’ll be covering San Diego Comic Con for Deep Sea News. I’ll actually be attending the convention tomorrow, but here’s a little preview of some cephalopodic comic goodness, courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Over on my Google+, Danna Staaf has the best reaction: “Maybe it’s a the plaintive . . . → Read More: Apparently hell is populated by squid.
By Dr. M, on June 11th, 2012 3 comments Art, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Social Sciences Art, beach, Blue Planet, Capitol Hill Ocean Week, color, conservation, Crafts, culture, decorating, Environmental Sciences, Etsy, fashion, Google Search, Jacques Cousteau, Justin Bieber, life aquatic, LOL Cat, Meme, movies, pop culture, Tattoo, twitter The following post is write up of the talk I delivered last week at Capitol Hill Ocean Week Gavelston Bay When we see images like the above it is hard to believe the ocean inspires us. In one of the most striking examples of our connection to the oceans, if humans, any number of us, . . . → Read More: Making The Connection: The Oceans In Contemporary American Culture
By Dr. M, on May 20th, 2012 5 comments Art, New Species, Organisms, 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 . . . → Read More: Hoff Crab + Tattoo = Awesomsauce
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