A new blog I discovered, and seem strangely drawn to, is Information Junk, the findings of a San Franciscan librarian. Via IJ, I see that…
View More Electric Wave ParkMonth: January 2008
Steampunk Deep-Sea Creatures (and other animals)
Via Dark Roasted Blend… French city of Nantes recently became host to extremely strange and fascinating sculptural display: “Les Machines de l’Ile Nantes”, designed by…
View More Steampunk Deep-Sea Creatures (and other animals)New Chinese Research Vessel
From The Hindu news is that The Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanography will be overseeing the construction of a new 4,000 ton research…
View More New Chinese Research VesselPretty In Pink Isopods
It truly is the year of the Giant Isopod. Questionable Content has these great T-shirts in a variety of sizes for about $20 including shipping.…
View More Pretty In Pink IsopodsArctic Ocean Now Open For Business!
I am totally addicted to Mark Powell’s blogfish. In part I view this relationship as a bit masochistic as the posts are always filled with…
View More Arctic Ocean Now Open For Business!TGIF: Steinbeck
Host Tom Cavanagh (TV’s Ed, Scrubs) discovers that author John Steinbeck was also a marine biologist He donated lots of specimens to the Smithsonian’s museum…
View More TGIF: SteinbeckLive from SICB
The deep-sea pickings are sparse this year at the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology in San Antonio, TX. That’s OK, It’s a great meeting.…
View More Live from SICBFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Western Flyer
Fans of Steinbeck will recall that the fishing boat that he and Ed Ricketts took to the Sea of Cortez was named the Western Flyer.…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Western FlyerWho doesn’t love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?
Business owner: So if we destroy 1.1 acres natural habitat all we have to do is put 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?…
View More Who doesn’t love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?Who doesn't love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?
Business owner: So if we destroy 1.1 acres natural habitat all we have to do is put 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?…
View More Who doesn't love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?