At some point someone had sent me this video as a joke – according the SpongeBob SquarePants, this is what nematodes do in the deep…
View More Don’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePantsCategory: Ecology
So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?
Metagenomics is so easy to understand, right? Scientists just go out and get DNA sequences from…stuff…in the environment. And then they answer lots of questions,…
View More So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?Supermantis
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to crush prey with one swipe of his hand! Down in the Sea! Look!…
View More SupermantisWhen 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before
A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. Everyone knows I despise charismatic megafauna (especially dolphins). I will…
View More When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love beforeCan’t Touch This
Another epic post from Alex Warneke, aka lil’ A Disposable nudibranch penises are all the rage this month thanks to a study published in the…
View More Can’t Touch ThisSOS Please Someone Help Me…
Alexandria Warneke is a masters student at San Diego State University. You may remember that Alex had a Scifund project asking for funds to support…
View More SOS Please Someone Help Me…Whale Sharks and Giant Squids: Big or Bu!!$hit?
The bubbles around me clear and as I regain my visibility my first thought is how wide is the mouth coming for me. Five feet?…
View More Whale Sharks and Giant Squids: Big or Bu!!$hit?The Oceanic Travels of Freshwater Snails
Many animals do not spend their lives entirely in saltwater or freshwater choosing rather to fully explore the world around them. These species are referred…
View More The Oceanic Travels of Freshwater SnailsCan Beasts of the Deep Survive the Impact of Drilling for Oil?
This is Guest Post from Dr. Daniel Jones a deep-sea biologist with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom and Project Coordinator for SERPENT…
View More Can Beasts of the Deep Survive the Impact of Drilling for Oil?The unusual diet of deep-sea fish
In January 2004, Mathew Jones was processing the bycatch from New Zealand lobster stock assessment. Six fish including a silverside, Bollons’ rattail, jock stewart, dark…
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