The bamboo coral Isidella tentaculum finally rolled of the presses over the holidays. I can finally speak the name aloud. DSN debuted the video of…
View More Naming a new species is tricky businessCategory: Scientist!
Science Online ’09: Blogging Adventure
After a most wonderful lunch (thanks Science Online sponsors!), it was time for the first of two sessions I was co-moderating. This session was a…
View More Science Online ’09: Blogging AdventureOcean Tattoos
You are all probably familiar with my and KZ’s fascination with tattooing arts. By now most of you should be aware of Carl Zimmer’s science…
View More Ocean TattoosBenthic Ecology Meeting 2009
My new hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas is hosting this year’s Benthic Ecology Meeting from March 4-7. Abstracts are due this Friday, Jan. 23. Click…
View More Benthic Ecology Meeting 2009The new spirituality
Neil DeGrasse Tyson shares how an understanding of science can make us feel more connected.
View More The new spiritualityRick Macpherson is Our Hero…
…for so many different reasons. First he totally gave my former intern the hookup with a sweeeet position at CORAL and it only cost me…
View More Rick Macpherson is Our Hero…Ocean Bill moves to the House
The Senate passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 today. This is exciting because the bill invokes deep-sea research priorities, including shipwreck and seamount studies.
View More Ocean Bill moves to the HouseI’m A Goblin Shark
Due to the annoying autoplay feature as noted by Karen below that I can’t disable, follow this link over to rathergood.com to see the video. …
View More I’m A Goblin SharkOut of the Depths, We are Reborn! (again)
You are probably getting tired of moving your bookmarks around by now, but we promise to stay put for a while! Much like the sailors…
View More Out of the Depths, We are Reborn! (again)If you’re in town…
…make sure you catch Greg Caillet’s talk this Saturday on the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum at 2pm. Greg is a professor at Moss Landing…
View More If you’re in town…