I know, its Friday. You’re probably staring at the the clock, or worse, stalking people on Facebook. Today, instead of passing on a viral video or…
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Penetrating the mysteries of sex in deep-sea squid
Undoubtedly you’ve already seen the above video of deep-sea squids mid-coitus at 1400 meters (0.86 miles) deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The male and…
View More Penetrating the mysteries of sex in deep-sea squidBy trying to look sexier you may be ruining sex for corals.
You might be surprised to learn that an ingredient in some skin crèmes is coral, or more accurately coral extract. More specifically, Pseudopterosin A is…
View More By trying to look sexier you may be ruining sex for corals.Can 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…
View More The unusual diet of deep-sea fishCalifornia Coastal Climate Change Research
Was just sent these great informative short videos about research being done to understand how climate change affects coastal communities. Coastal organisms live in areas…
View More California Coastal Climate Change ResearchBeneath Antarctic Ice: Gelatinous Edition
Big tip ‘o the hat to @RebeccaRHelm on Twitter for sharing this beautiful video with great music on it. Make sure you stick with the…
View More Beneath Antarctic Ice: Gelatinous EditionIs this fish evil?
I was going to do a “demons of the deep” post for Halloween but as I was considering which animals to include I had to…
View More Is this fish evil?Algal blobs take shape, thanks to bacteria
What if your physical characteristics (hair color, height, or eye color) were determined by your bacterial microbiome? It might seem far fetched for humans, but…
View More Algal blobs take shape, thanks to bacteriaThe world’s most promiscuous snail
On the winner goes the Rough Periwinkle (Littorina saxatilis) from the North Atlantic (both sides of the pond) On average, each clutch of 70 offspring had 19…
View More The world’s most promiscuous snail