Treasure recovered from the wreckage of a 9th century Arabian vessel is coming to light in a BBC story about a wreck found off the…
View More Sunken treasure suggests Sinbad was realMonth: October 2008
The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #14: Alviniconcha, the Hairy Vent Snail
Photo on left courtesy of C.Fisher/Ridge2000. Photo on the right from Linda Zelnio. #14 Alviniconcha hessleri (Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Gastropoda, Order: Sorbeoconcha, Family: Provannidae) Hairy…
View More The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #14: Alviniconcha, the Hairy Vent Snail27 Best Deep-Sea Species #15: Spookfish Rhinochimaera pacifica
Nothing says Halloween like a Spookfish. Rhinochimeara pacifica has the savage proboscis of a sawfish without the savage teeth, which makes it even stranger to…
View More 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #15: Spookfish Rhinochimaera pacificaTGIF: Fish Shoes
Seriously, I’d totally wear aquarium shoes. I’d use a thick-walled plexi though and would totally put a tripod fish in it. But that pimp gear…
View More TGIF: Fish ShoesB-Movie Posters
There is nothing better than combining the genre of the B-Movie poster with marine life. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has 6 e-cards to choose from. …
View More B-Movie PostersTangled Bank and Carnival of Evolution
Kristjan Wager (no relation to Pascal) has the 116th Tangled Bank collection online at Pro-Science! Mike Haubrich also has the 4th edition of the Carnival…
View More Tangled Bank and Carnival of Evolution27 Best Deep-Sea Species #16: Red-eyed gaper Chaunax
Meet the red-eyed gaper, Chaunax sp., more commonly known as "by-catch" in commercial fishery operations. Gapers are Lophiformes, in the anglerfish group, with big heads,…
View More 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #16: Red-eyed gaper Chaunax27 Best Deep-Sea Species #17: Tripod fish Bathypterois
The only thing more absurd than a fish walking on stilts is a fish walking on stilts with a rubber chicken, I always say. The…
View More 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #17: Tripod fish BathypteroisCompensation For Missing Limbs
Being on the high seas as either a pirate or the slightly less glamorous oceanographer, often results in missing limb and body part. For example,…
View More Compensation For Missing LimbsThe 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #18: "Venus Fly Trap" Anemone
by Kevin Zelnio Photo on left courtesy of MBARI. Photo on right taken in 2004 in the Gulf of Mexico. Notice anemone’s attachment to tubeworm.…
View More The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #18: "Venus Fly Trap" Anemone