The largest octopus is the Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini. According to data from a 1987 Masters Thesis from J.A. Cosgrove, the Pacific Giant Ocotopus can…
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Apparently hell is populated by squid.
As I mentioned in our Firefly post, I’ll be covering San Diego Comic Con for Deep Sea News. I’ll actually be attending the convention tomorrow,…
View More Apparently hell is populated by squid.How presidential elections are impacted by a 100 million year old coastline
Hale County in west central Alabama and Bamberg County in southern South Carolina are 450 miles apart. Both counties have a population of 16,000 of…
View More How presidential elections are impacted by a 100 million year old coastlineI Am Science with the First Man to Dive Challenger Deep
I asked, “What were the events that lead to you to dive the Marianas Trench?” Don Walsh one of two men to first visit the…
View More I Am Science with the First Man to Dive Challenger DeepMaking The Connection: The Oceans In Contemporary American Culture
The following post is write up of the talk I delivered last week at Capitol Hill Ocean Week When we see images like the above…
View More Making The Connection: The Oceans In Contemporary American CultureHoff Crab + Tattoo = Awesomsauce
Remember the Hoff Crab? You bet your bippy you do. You can thank Nicolai Roterman for that. Nicolai, a hydrothermal vent biologist and a member…
View More Hoff Crab + Tattoo = AwesomsauceLazy Harp Seal Has No Job
Happy Sunday, everyone. Music by Parry Gripp, via Metafilter.
View More Lazy Harp Seal Has No JobOne hundred years of shipping: 1750 to 1850
Ben Schmidt made this wonderful visualization of shipping from 1750-1850 using ship log data. (H/T Metafilter). It’s long, but worth watching. You can see the…
View More One hundred years of shipping: 1750 to 1850Must Own a Poster of This
xkcd yesterday brought one of the spectacular pieces of illustration ever seen on the internet, Lakes and Oceans. This glorious piece of art features depths…
View More Must Own a Poster of ThisWho You Calling Spineless?
Fantastic new INVERTEBRATE POWER anthem from UK band the Internauts. H/t @daumari.
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