*Ed. Note: Al’s post was selected by the staff at PLoS One as the April Blog Pick of the Month! Awesome Job Al! – KAZ…
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Category: New Research
Scuba Diving = Crappy Vessels?
If you scuba dive, you may already have heard of Nitrox. To breath underwater, most divers use a normal atmospheric air mixture (21% oxygen, 78%…
View More Scuba Diving = Crappy Vessels?Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago…
View More Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just WhalesDear Sir Richard Branson
Dear Sir Richard Branson, I don’t know if you read DSN. Probably not. That’s fine. I realize you are probably busy making making money.If you…
View More Dear Sir Richard BransonSpeaking of new genera
Stingrays always look so awesome on x-rays. Look at this beauty in a new New Scientist article about a new Zootaxa article on a new…
View More Speaking of new generaIts the end of the worm as we know it
Hi, my name’s Al and I’m a parasitologist (Hi Al!) #AA I’ve just read a most remarkable paper by my PhD advisor, Dr. Tom Cribb…
View More Its the end of the worm as we know itGulf sampling, part deux
My sporadic posting lately has been due to my ridiculous travel schedule – in the past 2 weeks, I’ve been to New York, Maine, San…
View More Gulf sampling, part deuxDeep-sea additions to the Nematode Tree of Life
Sometimes I am stunned by the vastness of the internet, as well as the brief 15-nanoseconds of fame that go along with most of its…
View More Deep-sea additions to the Nematode Tree of LifeTide 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…
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