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…
View More Another New Yeti Crab!!??Month: December 2011
I Got 99 Problems and a Ship Ain’t One
When I say I am going on research cruise, I get two responses. 1. “Well that sounds nice, do they serve cocktails and is there…
View More I Got 99 Problems and a Ship Ain’t OneThe Science of Dolphins Whale-Sliding
Over at AnimalWise they explain dolphin equivalent of planking. We at DSN fear this may be another step on dolphin world domination
View More The Science of Dolphins Whale-SlidingNapping Seal Pup of the Day
Nothing cool like this ever happens to me After barging in uninvited, a baby fur seal decided to curl up on the couch of a…
View More Napping Seal Pup of the DaySunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic Moctopus
h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia.
View More Sunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic MoctopusTGIF – Baby Beluga
For all the parents of larval deeplings out there…
View More TGIF – Baby BelugaTGIF: Onward, weird dolphin!
Of course, this is scientifically inaccurate. Dolphins are NEVER in favor of pants. From Married to the Sea.
View More TGIF: Onward, weird dolphin!TGIF – Underwater Fluorescent Disco
From BBC Earth Youtube page: Phillipe Coustaeau and the team dive in the Red Sea, one of the warmest seas in the world. Despite the…
View More TGIF – Underwater Fluorescent DiscoDeepest Trench Now With More Deep
A new survey puts the depth of the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, at 10,994 meters, nearly 75 meters…
View More Deepest Trench Now With More DeepYeti Crab Roundup
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…
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