Readers of DSN may think they know my favorite organism. Did you guess the giant isopod or did you guess the giant squid? Those beasties…
View More The masters of bling, carrier snailsMonth: June 2013
The Hair Metal Guide to the Ocean
Are you ready to rock? ROCK THE OCEAN THAT IS! Then bust out your wailing guitar solos, leopard skin leotards, double bass pedals, and aquanet. Welcome…
View More The Hair Metal Guide to the OceanThe side effects NOT on the label
The intertidal can be a pretty rough place to call home. You have to deal with what seems like a whole web of trophic levels…
View More The side effects NOT on the labelHuman-sized mystery blob found off the coast of Cuba
On June 20th I received an email: a huge pink blob has been found off the coast of Cuba, and no one can figure out…
View More Human-sized mystery blob found off the coast of CubaEvolving to dive deep
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a…
View More Evolving to dive deepLimiting the use of bottom trawls in the deep sea
Just received this via email. If your a scientist please go sign. Hi folks, I am sending you this special plea to ask for your help in …
View More Limiting the use of bottom trawls in the deep seaTGIF – Magical Quintana Roo
Every year, the world’s largest fish gathers to feed (and feed, and FEED) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in eastern Yucatan, in numbers larger…
View More TGIF – Magical Quintana RooThe Origins of Hairy Crabs
Everyone’s favorite crabs are back in the news! Yeti Crabs! Those deep-sea beasties with hairy claws or chests! A new paper in Proceedings B led…
View More The Origins of Hairy CrabsDeep sea mineral LOWERS high blood pressure
…so the spam email I just received states. I just love getting spam emails. I particularly love getting emails about healthcare products. I seem to be getting a…
View More Deep sea mineral LOWERS high blood pressureAll hail! Bacteria that control their squid overlords
Squid typically aren’t my thing, but I can certainly be wooed by their microbes. Example: the very awesome symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid,…
View More All hail! Bacteria that control their squid overlords