In 1986, a group of scientists from Australia and New Zealand described, in the one of the highest profile scientific journals, the existence of a…
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Category: New Species
Beautiful Wood Fall Art from Immy Smith
When I crowd funded part of my wood fall research, Immy Smith reached out to me about painting some of the life that occurs on these…
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Scientist discovers bizarre new deep sea ecosystem, created by disaster
It makes me smile to think that, even after being lost at sea, a sunken ship can still be a symbol of hope. According to…
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Will My Wood Research Be Poplar?
I wooden dream of having a post full of wood puns. On the other hand my alder ego often gets the best of me and…
View More Will My Wood Research Be Poplar?This Deep-Sea Predator is the Love Child of a Macaron and a Snork
In the shallow waters where sunlight penetrates, life is easy because food abounds. In the deep sea, life sucks because food is scarce. In landscape…
View More This Deep-Sea Predator is the Love Child of a Macaron and a SnorkFlesh 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?When 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 beforeTGIF – City of Gonads
This Friday comes the news that a new jellyfish has been named “City of gonads”. You can’t make this stuff up, except that somebody just…
View More TGIF – City of GonadsGuest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear Seamount
I’m delighted to present this guest post from Dr. Michelle Staudinger, a post-doc at the University of Missouri Columbia and stationed at the National Climate Change…
View More Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear SeamountMy Marine Biology Bucket List
You might remember Al’s post on his Marine Biology Bucket List. There are so many amazing aquatic species out there, it’s practically impossible for…
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