On a seamount near Macquarie Ridge lies a city several kilometers down. No mermaids, merman, or Snorkels reside here. Rather millions of brittlestars, living arm…
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Olympic swimmers like a shark-skin suit
Dolphins swim through water by moving their flipper in an up and down motion. Sharks propel themselves forward moving from side to side. Olympic gold…
View More Olympic swimmers like a shark-skin suitCrab Diver
The Cotton Factory has a new T-Shirt design! It’s teh awesome! On sale now for a ten spot.
View More Crab DiverTGIF Video: Polar Bear Ice Climbing
There’s a whole series of these animations from RG studios posted at YouTube, including Polar Bears hang gliding, playing golf, and on vacation in Easter…
View More TGIF Video: Polar Bear Ice ClimbingFriday Deep-Sea Picture (05/16/08): Polar Bear
Hang in there, baby…ESA is coming
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (05/16/08): Polar BearCan we protect Polar Bears from pollution?
It feels strange to rejoice the listing of polar bears to the Endangered Species Act, because its nothing to be happy about, really. They are…
View More Can we protect Polar Bears from pollution?Support the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument!
Do you support the proposal to create a Marine Monument in the northern islands? Do you enjoy the slogan “You’ll love how deep we go”…
View More Support the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument!Japanese Whalers Accused of Stealing Whale Meat
They’re at it again. Conservation group Greenpeace is accusing the crew of japanese whaling ships of “embezzling” whale meat from the whale “research”. CNN reports:…
View More Japanese Whalers Accused of Stealing Whale MeatRest In Peace Inventor of the Wetsuit
Hugh Bradner died this week at the age of 92. Bradner was a prominent physicist and professor emeritus at the Scripps. He worked on the…
View More Rest In Peace Inventor of the WetsuitDoodle 4 Google
Imagine you can redesign Google’s logo. What would it be? Perhaps the two o’s can be portholes in a submarine that is exploring the ‘l’…
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