“Pet” Giant Pycnogonid attacking computer. This morning my email was flooded with friends, family, and colleagues notifying me of this story. What’s not to love…
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Ask & You Shall Receive
When I sent the original email to Rick enquiring about obtaining one of these, I thought I would have to send him multiple emails. Apparently,…
View More Ask & You Shall ReceiveAsk & You Shall Receive
When I sent the original email to Rick enquiring about obtaining one of these, I thought I would have to send him multiple emails. Apparently,…
View More Ask & You Shall ReceiveAdd Nine More
It was announced at the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Boston that another nine sharks will be added to the…
View More Add Nine MoreClimate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Beginning with Victorian science and progressing through the onset of modern deep-sea biology, the dominant paradigm was that the deep sea was a stable ecosystem.…
View More Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea EcosystemsSharks Scare the @#$% out of Seals
How does fear drive a marine food web? That’s right I said fear, as in blood-curdling-scream-I-think-I-just-wet-my-pants fear. Sharks just swim around and intimidate the hell…
View More Sharks Scare the @#$% out of SealsLimpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common Sense
This is a tale of how a singular event can lead to two simultaneous outcomes, one absurd and one enlightening. Recently, I’ve needed to have…
View More Limpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common SenseTGIF: Assessing Coral Populations
Here’s a wonderful clip of Nancy Knowlton discussing her coral research in the tropics. Nancy is one of the world’s premier marine biologist with an…
View More TGIF: Assessing Coral PopulationsYet More Ugly, Vile Deep-Sea Fish Discovered
It is one biology’s highest compliments to have a species named after you. But what if the above was your namesake? What does it say…
View More Yet More Ugly, Vile Deep-Sea Fish DiscoveredSaving the Deep Sea Will Save the World
In a compelling new paper, Danovaro et al. (2008) set out to understand how loss of biodiversity affects ecosystem processes in the Earth’s largest environment.
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