Bowie Seamount, Canada’s newest Marine Protected Area. OTTAWA (AFP) — An underwater volcanic mountain teaming with ocean life off Canada’s Pacific Coast has been added…
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TGIF: Cuttlefish Edition
Guess who is the Encyclopedia of Life’s biodiversity of the week?? The cuttlefish!! Diver: “awww wookit da purdy wittle squidy!” Cuttlefish: “Who you calling a…
View More TGIF: Cuttlefish EditionGiant Squid, Live and In Technicolor!
Teuthologist Dr. Steve O’Shea and Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the colossal squid. Photo credit: Kathrin Bolstad Monster squid hunter extraordinaire Dr. Steve O’Shea will be dissecting giant…
View More Giant Squid, Live and In Technicolor!Coral Week is ON for April
Mark your calendars for the last few days of April because the tentacles are gonna hit the fan here and across the blogosphere from April…
View More Coral Week is ON for AprilEvery Kid Needs an Octopus on their Wall
And blik surface graphics has them! Nothing says sweet dreams like an octopus dragging you kids teddy bear to the ocean depths. Hat tip to…
View More Every Kid Needs an Octopus on their WallHydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies Discovered
Researchers have been very concerned about the paucity of females of Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis, an octopus inhabiting the hydrothermal vent community of the Eastern Pacific Rise.…
View More Hydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies DiscoveredGlacial squid siting!
So, if the poles are slowly melting away, will icy habitats actually increase their extent as icebergs disperse to low latitudes and pack ice fractures?…
View More Glacial squid siting!Cephalopods Are Nuts
Jeff Vrabel discusses our octopod brethren When possible, I like to keep close tabs on the world of octopuses, for two reasons: 1. Everybody has…
View More Cephalopods Are NutsFight the Radioactive Octopus!
The latest from Archie McPhee: Frogmen vs. Radioactive Octopus. Makes a great present to that little deep sea diver for the summer beach holiday! “During…
View More Fight the Radioactive Octopus!Dumping Pharmaceutical Waste In The Deep Sea
During 1973-78 alone over 400 metric tones of pharmaceutical wastes were dumped into the ocean off Puerto Rico.
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