A Yeti crab found living at the Dragon Vent in the south-west Indian Ocean Photograph from David Shale On December 15th, I mentioned the exciting news from Jon Copley of the discovery of potentially new species of Yeti Crab. The Guardian has a photo gallery of the some of the creatures from the Dragon Vent including the . . . → Read More: Another New Yeti Crab! Pt II
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By Dr. M, on  December 29th, 2011  One comment  Biodiversity, Critters, New Species, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls  scaly-foot snail, yeti crab 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 . . . → Read More: Yeti Crab Roundup
By Dr Bik, on April 26th, 2011 6 comments Biodiversity, Ecology, Microbes, New Species 454, DNA, Illumina, metagenomics, Microbes, RB Editor's Selection, sequencing If you’ve ever talked to me in person for more than 5 minutes, I’ve probably mentioned the !#$%*ING AWESOMENESS of high-throughput sequencing. Frankly, I’m a bit obsessed. If my life were an SAT analogy, it would be Dr Bik:Sequencing platforms as Teenage Girls:Twilight. My gorgeous Illumina never sleeps (runs 2 weeks straight for a . . . → Read More: Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans
By para_sight, on April 5th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, New Species Amazon, Elasmobranchia, taxonomy Stingrays always look so awesome on x-rays. Look at this beauty in a new New Scientist article about a new Zootaxa article on a new genus of stingrays, Heliotrygon. Beautiful aren’t they? Heliotrygon, a new genus of Amazon freshwater stingray Stingrays always look so awesome on x-rays. Look at this beauty in a new New Scientist article about a new Zootaxa article on a new genus of stingrays, Heliotrygon. Beautiful aren’t they? By para_sight, on April 5th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, New Research, New Species, Uncategorized coral reefs, digenea, parasites, taxonomy Coomera brayi Dove & Cribb 1995 Hi, my name’s Al and I’m a parasitologist (Hi Al!) #AA I’ve just read a most remarkable paper by my PhD advisor, Dr. Tom Cribb (University of Queensland), and his close colleague Dr. Rod Bray (NHM London, ret.). In it, they describe patterns in the history of taxonomic . . . → Read More: Its the end of the worm as we know it
By Dr. M, on February 18th, 2011 3 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Microbes, New Species, Oil Spills, Uncategorized via Toxic blob drifting in Gulf mystifies scientists | HeraldTribune.com. Just off the Florida Panhandle coastline, within site of Perdido Key, an underwater mass of dead sea life that appears to be growing as microscopic algae and bacteria get trapped and die has been found by scientists. Early samples indicate the glob is at least 3 . . . → Read More: Better Hide The Kids…Hide The Wife…A Toxic Blob Is Adrift
By Dr. M, on February 2nd, 2011 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Environmental Sciences, Geology, New Research, New Species, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Uncategorized Biodiversity, methane, Methane Seep, mud volcano via “Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea There’s a new island in the azure waters off Pakistan, but you might want to hold off on vacation planning: The tiny dot is a mud volcano that will likely disappear before it sees 1,001 Arabian nights. Pakistani fishers reported the new mud volcano in the Arabian . . . → Read More: “Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 17th, 2010 4 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Evolution, New Research, New Species Best of Zelnio, bone, MBARI, Nutrition, Osedax, Radula, Rubyspira, Trophic Ecology, Whale Fall You’ve all heard about the bone-eating zombie worm from hell. Yeah it was like OK, but whatever. It had its day like, you know, way back in the 2000s. Now though, all the rage is the BONE SNAIL! Yeah, that’s right the BoNe SnAiL!!! Its cooler than cool, just trust me. The Bone Snail is . . . → Read More: Move Over Boneworm, the Bone Snail is Taking Over
By Dr. M, on November 21st, 2010 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences, Evolution, Geology, Microbes, New Research, New Species, Uncategorized baslt, biosphere, crust, DNA, Geology, massif, microbial, North Atlantic, ridge Map of the Altantis Massif showing the locations of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expeditions 304 and 305, Hole 1309D (yellow circle) and the Lost City Hydrothermal Field (green circle). From Mason et al. 2010 A flurry of new research is redefining our views on where life resides on Earth. The biosphere is the zone . . . → Read More: Finding Life Where the Sun Don’t Shine
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 27th, 2010 One comment Biodiversity, Evolution, New Research, New Species, Paleobiology Anatomy, Anemone, Anthozoa, Best of Zelnio, Cambrian, China, Cnidaria, Eolympia pediculata, fossil, Hexacorallia, Mesentery, Microfossil, plos one Continuing its trend as one of the top destinations for out-of-this-world fossil finds, China is yielding yet another piece to the evolutionary jigsaw puzzle. In a recent PLoS One article, Han and colleagues report the findings of a new squishy sea anemone from the Lower Cambrian. The new find lends support to genetic data . . . → Read More: New Fossil Anemone Reveals Innard Secrets
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