When I see this video it just makes me wonder who would win in a showdown between an elephant and a killer whale. Or better…
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Naming a new species is tricky business
The bamboo coral Isidella tentaculum finally rolled of the presses over the holidays. I can finally speak the name aloud. DSN debuted the video of…
View More Naming a new species is tricky businessOcean Tattoos
You are all probably familiar with my and KZ’s fascination with tattooing arts. By now most of you should be aware of Carl Zimmer’s science…
View More Ocean TattoosKick off ’09 with a Marine Invert Calendar and Clock
SCAMIT (Southern California of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists) has released the best calender of the year – a marine invertebrate calendar! Long time DSN reader Leslie…
View More Kick off ’09 with a Marine Invert Calendar and ClockDeep Sea Japanese Papercraft
Reader Steve T. sent in some awesome papercraft from JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. You can print out a paper from…
View More Deep Sea Japanese PapercraftFabric Giant Isopod
I really want this so badly! Too bad I both can’t sew (except of course field wounds) and read Japanese. Maybe Ellie can help me…
View More Fabric Giant IsopodRick Macpherson is Our Hero…
…for so many different reasons. First he totally gave my former intern the hookup with a sweeeet position at CORAL and it only cost me…
View More Rick Macpherson is Our Hero…I’m A Goblin Shark
Due to the annoying autoplay feature as noted by Karen below that I can’t disable, follow this link over to rathergood.com to see the video. …
View More I’m A Goblin SharkIf you’re in town…
…make sure you catch Greg Caillet’s talk this Saturday on the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum at 2pm. Greg is a professor at Moss Landing…
View More If you’re in town…The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #2: Bone-Devouring Zombie Worms from Hell
#2 Genus Osedax (Phylum: Annelida, Class: Polychaeta, Order: Sabellida, Family: Siboglinidae) BONEZ1!! WE WANTZ UR BONEZ!! Perhaps the scariest deep sea creature, Osedax (latin for…
View More The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #2: Bone-Devouring Zombie Worms from Hell