This case is short but sweet. The fossil record is what we scientists have always used to reconstruct past conditions in the ocean. Like any…
View More CSI Deep Sea: Genomic EditionCategory: Paleobiology
The Origins of Hairy Crabs
Everyone’s favorite crabs are back in the news! Yeti Crabs! Those deep-sea beasties with hairy claws or chests! A new paper in Proceedings B led…
View More The Origins of Hairy CrabsFossil Carnivorous Sponge?
In my email several months ago Casey Burns, a field associate with the California Academy of Science, sent me a fantastic find. The photo is…
View More Fossil Carnivorous Sponge?Flesh Eating Sponges?
Most sponges, inspiration for dish cleaners and mess absorbers, feed by filtering water through those many holes and channels. Their scientific name, Porifera, literally means…
View More Flesh Eating Sponges?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 planetsExtinct life is like a box of chocolates
I celebrated another lap around the sun this weekend, and in honour of that my friend Betty, who lives in Arizona, sent me a rather…
View More Extinct life is like a box of chocolatesTGIF: The Cambrian Explosion Song
Because it’s Friday and you need to begin every Friday morning with a song about the Cambrian Explosion
View More TGIF: The Cambrian Explosion SongTide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Heightened biodiversity may make an ecosystem more stabile…
View More Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to BlameWelcome to the SHELL MIDDEN!!
Formerly known as the “boneyard”, this month Deep Sea News brings you the SHELL MIDDEN!!! A much more exciting and biodiverse assemblage of paleoposts. We…
View More Welcome to the SHELL MIDDEN!!