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
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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 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
By Dr. M, on October 14th, 2010 One comment Biodiversity, Carnivals & Link Love, Coral, Critters, Ecology, New Research, New Species, Scientist!, Seamount, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Asteroid, Chris Mah, Coral, echionderm, Lonny Lundsten, MBARI A new paper by Chris Mah of Echinoblog, Martha Nizinski at the National Marine Fisheries Service, and Lonny Lundsten at MBARI is nicely captured in this Youtube video narrated by Lonny. Congrats to the three authors. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}A new paper by Chris Mah of Echinoblog, Martha Nizinski at the National Marine Fisheries Service, and Lonny Lundsten at MBARI is nicely captured in this Youtube video narrated by… By Miriam Goldstein, on September 30th, 2010 4 comments Deep Sea Music, New Species Mollusc, Sea Slug, Song The sea slug Elysia chlorotica I first discovered Dr. Pat Krug when he gave a talk at Scripps and revealed that he had named a new species of sea slug after Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer in order to “capture the spirit of sexual flexibility.” Now Dr. Krug is back with a great interview . . . → Read More: The Slug Song, and more from Dr. Krug the slug drug lug
By Dr. M, on September 23rd, 2010 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction, Megavertebrate, New Research, New Species, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls food, lobster, magnetic field, Methane Seep, mollusk, navigation, nematode, Parasite, sex, The Tide Pool, turtle An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Olu et al. in PLoS One examine the potential exchanges of species in cold methane seeps across the Atlantic Ocean from the Congo to the Gulf of Mexico. By culling data from the literature, the authors demonstrate, despite . . . → Read More: Tide Pool: Cool Seeps, Parasitic Nematodes, and Magnetic Sea Animals
By Dr Bik, on September 15th, 2010 6 comments Biodiversity, New Species deep sea, Gulf of Mexico, nematode, New Species While sorting through my deep-sea Gulf of Mexico samples this morning I found this freakin’ huge nematode. Isn’t it awesome???? Usually its only the parasitic species that get so big, but this one is a free-living species. I’ll be pretty pissed off if BP has made this one extinct… Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}While sorting through . . . → Read More: So big I could pet it
By Dr Bik, on July 10th, 2010 One comment Expeditions, New Species acorn worm, deep sea, Enteropneusta, Hemichordata, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, New Species Some amazing new pictures were released this week from the final cruise of the ECOMAR program, focused around the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Researchers reported a distinct set of fauna on the East and West sides of this tectonic divide (despite these sites being located only a few miles apart), and recovered . . . → Read More: Revealing life at the Ridge
By Dr. M, on May 24th, 2010 One comment Biodiversity, Fish, New Species bombardier worm, Carnivorous Sponge, Chondrocladia, deep sea, Polychaete, spicule, sponge, Top 10 Each year the International Institute for Species Exploration announces a list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year. Of the top 10 for 2009 are two deep-sea species. The Financial Times also list there top five deep-sea species. Very cool even if all of them are vertebrates. Bombardier Worm, Swima bombiviridis Ventral view of . . . → Read More: The Best New Species of 2009
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 24th, 2010 One comment Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, New Species, Paleobiology 6-Gill Shark, Anatomy, Bathykorus bouilloni, Cnidaria, fossil, Hydrozoa, jelly, jellyfish, Ostracod, Raskoff, shark, The Tide Pool KAZ – A new occasional series modeled from Ed Yong’s Pocket Science where I will briefly report a few cool studies and tell you why I think they are cool! ———————————- Bathykorus bouilloni, new species. Kevin Raskoff from Monterey Peninsula College (where I got my start in science!) describes a new genus and species of . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old Ostracods
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 16th, 2010 Leave a comment Biodiversity, New Species, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Bathyacmaea, Gastropoda, Hydrothermal Vent, Lau Basin, limpet, Mollusca This is a new species of Bathyacmaea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Patellogastropoda, Acmaeidae) currently under description by a japanese colleague. I have found hundreds of these individuals in my quantitative collections of chemoautotrophic communities at the Lau Basin hydrothermal vent fields. They reminded me of the Patella limpet I learned about in my undergrad inverts class. Photos . . . → Read More: New Bathyacmaea
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