The deep-sea Osedax bone-devouring worms could easily have been the poster child for Deep-Sea News instead of the Giant Squid. Below is list of 10 reasons why Osedax are the shiznit. The chicas are freaky. All whalebone-eating, female worms have dwarf males, up to 114 in Osedax rubiplumus, fruiting around inside of their body. The . . . → Read More: 10 Reasons Why Bone Eating Worms Are F’n Awesome
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By Dr. M, on  May 2nd, 2013  4 comments  Adaptations, Biology, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Weird By Dr Bik, on April 4th, 2013 Leave a comment Genetics, Habitats, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls  16S, archaea, Bacteria, endemic, genomes, genomics, high-throughput sequencing, Illumina, Microbes, rRNA Something to think about: the recent Gibbons et al. (2013) PNAS paper found that *one* site in the English Channel showed a 31.7-66.2% overlap in microbial communities when compared to any one of 356 datasets collected as part of the International Census of Marine Microbes (ICoMM). That’s a ridiculous overlap! As the paper title suggests, . . . → Read More: Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea
By Dr Bik, on April 26th, 2012 Leave a comment Microbes, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls 16S, Bacteria, DNA, Microbes, rRNA, sulfur, Thiomargarita namibiensis The real title of the paper is “Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria”. But who’s going to fall out of their chair for that? The truth is, we do have aliens peppered among us. Think about Men in Black: plenty of space creatures, but Homo sapiens remains completely oblivious. . . . → Read More: In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting
By Dr. M, on March 9th, 2012 7 comments Adaptations, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Evolution, Geology, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Organisms, Paleobiology, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls We as humans have three fundamental questions. Where do we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone in the universe? The answers to these thrust at the core of our humanity and uniqueness. Through science we seek out replies to these inquiries. The Drake Equation In 1960 the National Academy of Sciences asked . . . → Read More: What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets
By Archie Teuthis, on December 30th, 2011 One comment Geology, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls AGU, American Geophysical Union, Book, chemosynthesis, Colin Schultz, Hydrothermal Vents, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, minerals, Seafloor Spreading, Spreading Center, TAG, Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 188, 2010. Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Colin Schultz for American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) member publication Eos. AGU and Colin have been kind enough to let Deep Sea News reprint the interview for our readers! Peter Rona is a legend in hydrothermal vent research. Colin Schultz, Diversity of . . . → Read More: GUEST INTERVIEW: Peter Rona on the Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges
By Dr. M, on December 29th, 2011 One comment New Species, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls scaly-foot snail, yeti crab 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 . . . → Read More: Another New Yeti Crab! Pt II
By Dr. M, on December 16th, 2011 One comment Environmental Sciences, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Bacteria, Christmas, hydrogen sulfide, Hydrothermal Vent, marine snow, MBARI From Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute…In the ocean, there are places where it looks like it is snowing. These magical places are near undersea volcanic activity. The snow particles are clumps of bacteria that use chemicals to make food. Chemicals they use include hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic to virtually all other life. Most . . . → Read More: TGIF: Marine Snow
By Dr. M, on December 15th, 2011 3 comments New Research, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Hydrothermal Vent, Kiwa hirsuta, Kiwa puravida, scaly-foot snail, yeti crab Yeti crab clambers over a scaly-foot snail You heard here first people, another new species of Yeti crab may be out there! Jon Copley just sent this message along. Well hey, a couple of weeks ago we found yet more yeti crabs out here at vents on the SW Indian Ridge, different in morphology to . . . → Read More: Another New Yeti Crab!!??
By Dr. M, on December 6th, 2011 4 comments Microbes, New Research, New Species, Open Access, Organisms, 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 . . . → Read More: Yeti Crab Roundup
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 15th, 2011 6 comments Adaptations, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Hydrothermal Vents, Neptune Canada, pycnogonid, sea spider, time lapse Our friends at Neptune Canada have posted this time-lapse video on their Youtube Page. Note the zillions of sea spiders (Pycnogonids), this is a feature of the Northwest Pacific vent province, we rarely see so many pycnogonids at other vents around the world. Sea spiders, tubeworms, scaleworms, limpets and snails crawl about in a . . . → Read More: What 1 hour of Deep-Sea Vent Life Looks Like in 2 Minutes
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