Barnacles may have big penises but ostracodes of the superfamily Cypridoidea have giant sperm. Ostracode range are mostly near a millimeter but sperm range from…
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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.
Mamas don’t let your babies throw up filling carboys
Filling up 20 liter carboys with ocean water on the R/V Elakha for the Giovannoni Lab at Oregon State University
View More Mamas don’t let your babies throw up filling carboysDiscovery Channel: Friend or Foe of Sharks?
This is the question that has been floating around the marine blogs this week. The complaint is that Discovery Channel “is promoting negative stereotypes about…
View More Discovery Channel: Friend or Foe of Sharks?To Blog or Not To Blog
Recently, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory said it would require bloggers to ask permission before blogging about a presentation, just like reporters. A surprising editorial in …
View More To Blog or Not To BlogBonus TGIF: Orca Attack
Orca’s doing what they do best…working together to be voracious predators. Not so cute and cuddly?
View More Bonus TGIF: Orca AttackTGIF: 2 Fails For the Price of 1
Winch Brake Fail: “This is a video taken during sea trial of a newly built merchant vessel in Germany. When testing the anchor winches it…
View More TGIF: 2 Fails For the Price of 1Coral and Brittle Stars, Together Forever
I mean it, FOREVER! No paper out yet but the abstract has sufficiently enticed me. Mosher and Watling report that the species Phiocreas oedipus, an…
View More Coral and Brittle Stars, Together ForeverMATE Center’s International Student ROV Competition
The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center’s International Student ROV Competition just occurred in Buzzard’s Bay, Mass. This is the competition for those who already…
View More MATE Center’s International Student ROV CompetitionWednesday Nautical Phrase or Term: Above the Board
meaning: openly, without trickery From Brian Berlin… A trick, common to warships and pirates alike, both of which had very large crews, was to keep…
View More Wednesday Nautical Phrase or Term: Above the BoardOceanography on the Chopping Block: The Conclusion
In April, I reported that Word from Tallahassee is that oceanography may be out at FSU! Florida State administrators this afternoon released a draft of…
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