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
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By Dr. M, on  May 20th, 2012  2 comments  Art, Biodiversity, New Species, Scientist!  Hoff Crab, Tattoo, yeti crab By Miriam Goldstein, on May 18th, 2012 2 comments Microbes, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Melissa Garren, Microbes, microbiologist, microbiome, TED I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check out super awesome Scripps alumna and MIT post-doc Melissa Garren on the glory and the mystery oceanic microbes. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check… By Dr Bik, on May 17th, 2012 2 comments Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Microbes, Vessels and Equipment Bacteria, Ballast, cockroaches, Microbes, microbiome, Seasick California has been a big transition for me. I mean big. Not only am I now living in the sun-drenched utopia I have long pined for (a climate which finally meets my minimum temperature preference of 90F), but I also have leaped into to an entirely new scientific world. I think I’m becoming a microbiologist. . . . → Read More: Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches
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 Miriam Goldstein, on May 13th, 2012 One comment Deep Sea Music, Megavertebrate harp seal, Music, Parry Gripp, pinniped Happy Sunday, everyone. Music by Parry Gripp, via Metafilter. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Happy Sunday, everyone. Music by Parry Gripp, via Metafilter. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet 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 para_sight, on May 9th, 2012 One comment Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Megavertebrate, Opinion, Weather dolphins, Pelicans, Peru, UME Dead pelicans on the beach in Peru. Img: The Guardian As many as 900 dolphins and over 4,000 pelicans have washed up dead on the beaches of northern Peru in the last couple of months, (see news coverage here, here and here), leading to a flurry of activity as various authorities and other interested parties . . . → Read More: What is Peru’s dolphin and pelican die-off telling us?
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 Miriam Goldstein, on May 4th, 2012 5 comments Cephalopods!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Invertebrate Wars, Octopus, Seagull The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet |
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