&Here’s the list beginning with my thoughts. Hopefully the readers can suggest other ideas and revisions with the goal of this being a central archive…
View More How to Save The OceanCategory: Organisms
MRSA Killed By Deep-Sea Bacteria
Before this marine-based life I worked in a hospital. One thing that scared the @#$% out of me was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. When…
View More MRSA Killed By Deep-Sea BacteriaGorton's Law
Over at the World’s Fair… Anyway, this meme asks that you come up with your own scientific eponym. What’s that exactly? Well, first read this…
View More Gorton's LawIf you are in the neighborhood and want to see a ship sink
The much loved Texas Clipper will be sunk on this Thursday as part of the ships to reef program. Those from Texas A&M Galveston will…
View More If you are in the neighborhood and want to see a ship sinkMonster Squid Captured on Video?
An upcoming episode (Nov. 14) of History Channel’s Monsterquest will supposedly show the largest squid ever caught on video. A squid researcher with film crew…
View More Monster Squid Captured on Video?The Daily Going Ons Of Deep-Sea Fish
New cool research from Wagner et al. that despite the lack of “day” and “night”, deep-sea fish experience daily cycles. What is the trigger? Diurnal…
View More The Daily Going Ons Of Deep-Sea FishHelp Me Identify This
So my current research focuses on the influence of canyon topography on the biodiversity and body size of deep-sea invertebrates. To address this requires lots…
View More Help Me Identify ThisAttack of the Crab Man!
I was just thinking the other day how I wish I had crab claws so I could crush academic opposition. Grab the children and run…
View More Attack of the Crab Man!Squid Coin
Slow news week but stumbled upon this over my morning cup of joe.
View More Squid CoinOctopod Teeth
Many of you have probably seen this already. No doubt, you have said something like This thing has teeth where a beak should be —…
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