A penguin walks into a bar and asks the pharmacist for Chapstick. After grabbing the Chapstick, the pharmacist asks the penguin, “How would you like that?”…
View More Best Ocean JokesAuthor: Dr. M
Craig McClain is the Executive Director of the Lousiana University Marine Consortium. He has conducted deep-sea research for 20 years and published over 50 papers in the area. He has participated in and led dozens of oceanographic expeditions taken him to the Antarctic and the most remote regions of the Pacific and Atlantic. Craig’s research focuses on how energy drives the biology of marine invertebrates from individuals to ecosystems, specifically, seeking to uncover how organisms are adapted to different levels of carbon availability, i.e. food, and how this determines the kinds and number of species in different parts of the oceans. Additionally, Craig is obsessed with the size of things. Sometimes this translated into actually scientific research. Craig’s research has been featured on National Public Radio, Discovery Channel, Fox News, National Geographic and ABC News. In addition to his scientific research, Craig also advocates the need for scientists to connect with the public and is the founder and chief editor of the acclaimed Deep-Sea News (https://www.deepseanews.com/), a popular ocean-themed blog that has won numerous awards. His writing has been featured in Cosmos, Science Illustrated, American Scientist, Wired, Mental Floss, and the Open Lab: The Best Science Writing on the Web.
I Am Science…and a Nerd
I am a nerd. I was a nerd. I will be a nerd. Perhaps in kindergarten I wasn’t, where nerdom had difficulty establishing itself among…
View More I Am Science…and a NerdSharks and lasers, not just for entertainment!
In midsummer 2009, under the intense Mexican sun, a whale shark, MXA-182, arrived at Holbox. He is injured. A nasty cut nearly severs his right…
View More Sharks and lasers, not just for entertainment!Atlantis Watch
And now I wondering if I can make this kid’s watch fit around my wrist? Lego Atlantis Watch via kidswoot! Hat tip to C-Hall
View More Atlantis WatchWarmer Weather Means More Sharks
DSN’s very own para_sight is on the Weather Channel with Meteorologist Julie Martin discussing several sightings of great white sharks off the coast of the…
View More Warmer Weather Means More SharksWhy are whale sharks so small?
Whale sharks won’t be the only big ass vertebrate in the waters off Mexico come August! I’ll be joining Para_Sight and team for the Afuera,…
View More Why are whale sharks so small?Understanding How Hares and Big Lineman Lose Races Through Sucking Feet
In Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare a slow-moving but determined tortoise defeats an obnoxious and speedy hare, who decides to nap mid race. The…
View More Understanding How Hares and Big Lineman Lose Races Through Sucking FeetSea Creature or Entrails?
From DSN, it’s everybody’s game of science, trivia, and fun! Contestants are you ready to play… SEA CREATURE OR ENTRAILS!!! [applause] I’m your host Dr.…
View More Sea Creature or Entrails?Life on the Leg of a Crab
Neptune Canada, the world’s first regional-scale underwater ocean observatory network that plugs directly into the Internet, has an excellent Flickr photostream of deep-sea beasties. A close up on the…
View More Life on the Leg of a CrabWith a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to dead
Like manna from heaven, food from above rains on the deep. Those productive shallow waters full of light, photosynthesis, and food are an extreme contrast…
View More With a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to dead