If energy is the currency of life then deep-sea organisms are in a long-term recession. Energy comes in three major forms important for life: solar…
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Understanding How Hares and Big Lineman Lose Races Through Sucking Feet
In Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare a slow-moving but determined tortoise defeats an obnoxious and speedy hare, who decides to nap mid race. The…
View More Understanding How Hares and Big Lineman Lose Races Through Sucking FeetEncomium: Lonesome George
I just read that Lonesome George, the presumed sole-remaining member of the Pinta Island giant tortoise species of the Galápagos, has died. Lonesome George was…
View More Encomium: Lonesome GeorgeThese Arms Were Made For Walking
Unlike their Echinoderm brethren, brittle stars do not move along on tube feet that can propel them in any direction. Instead, brittle stars ‘walk’. This…
View More These Arms Were Made For WalkingA Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts
Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor.…
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From the Barber lab at UCLA comes this awesome video. Not only can they sing better than most biologists, but the lyrics are great! I…
View More TGIF – the coral triangle, a-capella style!Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular System
Echinoderms are one of the most highly derived groups of animals with many species as significant components of several marine communities. They’re classified by…
View More Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular SystemWhat knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets
We as humans have three fundamental questions. Where do we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone in the universe? The answers to…
View More What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planetsWhat’s In Your Stomach?
With Mardi Gras recently passing, I was privileged to partake of a King Cake graciously offered by a coworker. Originally European in tradition, the riche…
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