The NOAA RV Nancy Foster is now on her fourth leg of deep-water ROV work in the Gulf of Mexico. Things have been steadily improving.…
View More DISCOVRE ExpeditionAuthor: Peter Etnoyer
PhD candidate at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and doctoral fellow Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival
Does my heart long for Southern California? Everytime a new movie comes out worth the $15 ticket. So, not that often, but fairly regular. Who…
View More Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #13 Deep-sea corals
Of all the deep-sea animals, deep-sea corals have got to be the most interesting because they are iconic, and useful to a variety of disciplines,…
View More 27 Best Deep-Sea Species: #13 Deep-sea coralsSunken treasure suggests Sinbad was real
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 real27 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 pacifica27 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 BathypteroisThe 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #21: Pram bug, Phronima sp.
#21 Phronima spp. (Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Malacostraca, Order: Amphipoda, Family: Phronimidae) Pram bug Phronima sp. is a nasty deep-sea amphipod that carves its home from…
View More The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species #21: Pram bug, Phronima sp.Friday Deep-sea Picture: Actinia anemones (10/10/08)
Actinia sp. is NOT one of our 27 coolest deep-sea species. Sorry, Mr. Anemone. You’ll have your day. But for now, you’re just another example…
View More Friday Deep-sea Picture: Actinia anemones (10/10/08)Top 5 Ways to Pimp your Google Earth
by Peter Etnoyer There’s a lot of anticipation surrounding the Google Ocean project, but so far, we’re all still waiting. Meanwhile, applications are bubbling up…
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