Ancient Origins of the Vampire Squid
Delving into the evolutionary past of the enigmatic deep-sea vampire squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, has long been a pursuit shrouded in mystery. However, recent discoveries, such…
For those in the area, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute will hold its annual open house from noon to 5 p.m. June 30 at…
View More Giant Squid RidesAn undescribed species of Lamellibrachia, some with their red plumes extended out of their tubes. Image from NOAA Ocean Explorer and courtesy of AquaPix, Erik…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (06/08/07): TubewormsWe see our modern culture as a blind man wandering down a forking path with a divining rod, flipping a Ying-Yang coin with a Devil on one shoulder and an Angel on the other. The blind man never knows what to do exactly, just to keep moving forward. Deep Sea News looks forward before we step there, to examine two different paths through the ocean future.
View More Our Ocean Future: The Glass Half EmptyThings are bad on the high seas. Fisheries are expanding wherever they’re not collapsing. The global appetite for seafood is growing. Polar bears and penguins are starving. Pollution is pervasive. But as a scientist, you have to consider both sides of every story, even the grim ones.
View More Our Ocean Future: The Glass Half FullNot exactly deep-sea or even marine but worth posting. Below is a picture of man picking through the rubbish in the Citarum, the most polluted…
View More Most Polluted RiverTomorrow is World Ocean Day, and to celebrate, The Nature Conservancy is featuring an article on a haven for sea turtle and shark breeding on…
View More World Ocean Day LinkIf you live anywhere near the Southern California coast, you are aware they are being invaded by the Humboldt squid. In Ventura County they are…
View More Apparently There is a New Squid SpeciesHarbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) will be switching hands. HBOI was found by Seward Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, in the mid…
View More You Missed Your Chance to Buy an Oceanographic InstituteThe Haida Indian nation and the Canadian government have signed an agreement to set up BC’s Quenn Charlotte Islands as a marine protected area (MPA). …
View More Protection for the Supernatural Being Looking OutwardPenguins populations on South Africa’s Robben Island are feeling the pinch as climate change redistributes sardine and anchovy populations away from their nesting grounds. New…
View More African Penguins in dire straits