This week the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer has been dropping its ROV Little Hercules onto various features in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including an old wood/iron wreck, salt domes and man-made seismic trenches. Okeanos has an interesting remote arrangement where folks back on the continent can direct the ROV pilots in real time by . . . → Read More: TGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer
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By para_sight, on  April 27th, 2012  4 comments  Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Coral, Critters, Deep Sea 101, Expeditions, Fish, New Research, TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Vessels and Equipment  Gulf of Mexico, Little hercules, NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, ROV 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
By para_sight, on April 20th, 2012 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Invertebrate Wars Bobbit, Eunice, Polychaete John Bobbitt: Baby, this is not what I meant by "trial separation" Once upon a time in 1993, when I was imbibing my sophomore year at college in Australia – drinking in the knowledge, so to speak – I heard tell of a horrific crime, one that struck fear into the hearts and sub-heart-areas . . . → Read More: More annelid than anaconda
By para_sight, on March 19th, 2012 10 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Microbes, Ramblings Biodiversity, diversity, fish, parasites Image: Australian Museum Tongue biters have been in my inbox a few times lately. If you’ve managed never to come across these interesting little isopods before, they are members of a wholly parasitic group called the Cymothoidae. For regular readers of Deep Sea News, you can think about them as smaller versions of Bathynomus, which . . . → Read More: No fish is an island
By Dr. M, on March 1st, 2012 6 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Cephalopods!, Critters, Megavertebrate Cephalopod, chest hair, Cigar, cigarette, Colossal Squid, cone snail, David Hasselhoff, does anybody actually read these tags, Hoff Crab, James Bond, manly, penus, Richard Dalton, Sean Connery, Tiger Shark, Vampire Squid, venom, Whiskey, yeti crab After your comments on the last post and deliberation by a crack team of judges that included myself and some fellas named Evan, Jack, and Jim here are the top 5 manliest species. Adam Etzion wrote this about the Vampire Squid in the comments of the last post Sit back, swish that bourbon around and . . . → Read More: 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 2
By Dr. M, on March 1st, 2012 One comment Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Critters, Dumping, Ecology, Evolution, Fish, Megavertebrate Auklet, eating, Humpback, King Cake, krill, Mardi Gras, Predation, shark, stomach contents, Tiger Shark, whale With Mardi Gras recently passing, I was privileged to partake of a King Cake graciously offered by a coworker. Originally European in tradition, the riche brioche-style cake is now also popular along the Gulf coast. King Cakes are recognizable from nearly 3 miles away by the patches of green, purple, and gold sugar that top . . . → Read More: What’s In Your Stomach?
By Dr. M, on February 21st, 2012 18 comments Biodiversity, Critters Blanket Octopus, bourbon, Charger, cigars, Clint Eastwood, Dodge, Hemi, Josey Wales, Lemmy, manly, masculine, Men Men Men, Motorhead, narwhal, Pistols, Portugese Man-O-Ware, Shrimp, smoking, zooids Slip into a smoking jacket, pour yourself a glass of bourbon, light a cigar, and enjoy this post on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love. One of the rarest engines you can find in an early 70’s Dodge Charger is the 426 cubic inch Hemi V8. The 426’s asking price in 1970 was over . . . → Read More: 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1
By Dr. M, on February 12th, 2012 One comment Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Giant Isopod Alicella gigantea, Amphipod, body size, deep sea, Edouard Chevreux, French, Gigantism, supergiant, Trench In 1899 a French zoologist named Edouard Chevreux with an inordinate fondness for crustaceans officially described two crustaceans from the deepest parts of the ocean. Over 100 hundred years later, scientists have collected less than two dozen specimens of this enigmatic shellfish, shocking given that is largest species of amphipod ever known. Within Crustacean . . . → Read More: The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant
By para_sight, on February 11th, 2012 21 comments Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Critters, Fish, Megavertebrate, Opinion, Scientist! bucket list There are so many amazing aquatic species out there, it’s practically impossible for any one person to see them all, even if they dedicated their entire life to marine biology research. To that end, I reckon every good marine bio enthusiast needs a Bucket List of species to strive to see before they die. I’m . . . → Read More: What’s your marine biology Bucket List?
By para_sight, on January 31st, 2012 5 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Paleobiology, Ramblings ammonite, brachiopod, eocrinoid, fossil, Trilobite I celebrated another lap around the sun this weekend, and in honour of that my friend Betty, who lives in Arizona, sent me a rather awesome gift. It wasn’t elegantly wrapped; in fact, its contents were variously contained in a decidedly pedestrian mix of old bubble wrap, styrofoam noodles and plastic bags from Target AND . . . → Read More: Extinct life is like a box of chocolates
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