The above photo is making the rounds (see here and follow the link trail). In it the a scuba diver is next to Lion’s Mane Jellyfish. But I’m calling bullshit on this photo. Lion’s Maine Jellyfish are indeed big. The world record had a bell diameter of 7 and half feet (2.29m) and 120 ft . . . → Read More: Super Jellyfish?!
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By Dr. M, on  January 23rd, 2012  15 comments  Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Critters  lies, Lion Mane's Jellyfish, photoshopped, size extreme By RickMac, on January 23rd, 2012 6 comments Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Fishing, Opinion, Ramblings causality, conservation strategy, Finning, sharks White-tip reef shark, Fiji © 2011 Angelo Villagomez Causal relationships can be fiendishly tricky. Spend an hour watching any of Star Trek Voyager’s time travel episodes and you begin to understand why the show’s writers often resort to lines such as, “It’s better if we don’t talk about this too much.” Consider another example of . . . → Read More: For Want Of A Shark…
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 9th, 2012 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment Biodiversity, Science Communication Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to an article I wrote on EvoEcoLab, another blog I write for Scientific American, titled The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention. It was a lot of fun and I’m . . . → Read More: The Biodiverse Universe
So, Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly was apparently baffled about the science behind tides, using it as an ammo when talking to an atheist leader (whose expression is priceless) on his program. A more entertaining summary of the clip below (NSFW warning: Bill drops an F-bomb), but the full clip here if you are inclined . . . → Read More: Tides, How DO They $%!&in’ Work?!?
By RickMac, on December 1st, 2011 6 comments Bringin' It, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Ramblings, Uncategorized, Weather National Climate Service, NOAA Some of these things are not like the other. Can you spot the Zombie worms? What’s the difference between a collection of Osedax “Zombie worms” and the 112th United States Congress? One is a population of spineless, sedentary, opportunistic life forms that thrive in darkness while devouring the bones of the dead. The other are . . . → Read More: When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 28th, 2011 5 comments Bringin' It, Carnivals & Link Love, Fish Blogging Scholarship, Contest, David Shiffman, sharks My ocean blogging colleague, David Shiffman – known as “Why Sharks Matter” on twitter and the blog Southern Fried Science – is in the lead for an amazing opportunity: a $10,000 blogging scholarship! You can vote for him to win here and you are allowed to vote once per day. I should mention that voting . . . → Read More: Sharks Need Your Vote!
By Dr Bik, on November 24th, 2011 2 comments Bringin' It, Scientist! marine scientists, Massachusetts, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Right now, my stomach is rumbling as the delicious scent of my roasted nut loaf wafts in from the kitchen (yes, I’m one of THOSE–although ironically, as the only vegetarian in the family I am forced to concoct a creamy, meaty gravy from turkey drippings every year since I apparently “do it best”). Being from . . . → Read More: The Pilgrims were obviously Marine Scientists
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 9th, 2011 Leave a comment Bringin' It Garrett McNamara, Surfing, wave, world record Sure, it was a tow-in… but DAMN! LIKE.A.BOSS! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Sure, it was a tow-in… but DAMN! LIKE.A.BOSS! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr. M, on November 8th, 2011 12 comments Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Education, Opinion, Scientist! Air Tran, board room, call to action, conversation, Coral Reef Alliance, core values, dailogue, Georgia Aquarium, mission statement, ocean literacy, ocean science, outreach, purpose, vision statement If they know it, they will love it. If they love it, they will protect it. My wife, with over a decade of nonprofit experience, spoke those words to me six years ago . She was describing how she viewed what I was striving for with Deep-Sea News. Those words still ring true to me. . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Future of Deep-Sea News
I can’t tell you how excited I am that all (yes, ALL) of the current DSN bloggers will be united this weeked for the very first time, here in Atlanta, as we embark our innaugural blogging retreat. What’s a blogging retreat? Dunno yet, we’ll find out, but I’m pretty sure it involves cephalopods, distilled sugar . . . → Read More: The innaugural DSN retreat is upon us!
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