…but there is more than one species of bone-eating worm! The genus Osedax (Annedida: Siboglinidae) are common features of dead whale falls and obtain their…
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Tardigrade Space Program
Tardigrades are a paradox. There are less than 1,000 species globally yet they can survive anything-temperature extremes, starvation, irradiation, dehydration, vacuums, and the pressures of…
View More Tardigrade Space ProgramTemperature Not Pressure
Sunday evening the intelligent and lovely Sheril Kirshenbaum posited a question that I have received many times. The question is always a good one because…
View More Temperature Not PressureEvolutionary Escalation In Squids and Whales
How do you find squid in the dark depths if you are a toothed whale or dolphin? Lindberg an expert on molluscs and Pyenson an…
View More Evolutionary Escalation In Squids and WhalesImportant tools of microbiology: Garbage bags by Christina Kellogg
CK in garbage bag darkroom, credit Stéphane HourdezThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy advises that it is always useful to have your own towel. Sea-going…
View More Important tools of microbiology: Garbage bags by Christina KelloggFriday Deep-Sea Picture (9/14/06)
Radiolaria are marine protists that are most abundant in tropical waters. The remains of their beautiful houses can be found on the bottom of the…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (9/14/06)Do the Bacteria Dance!
Bacteria…bacteria…bacteria…
View More Do the Bacteria Dance!Hottie Alert! by Christina Kellogg
Move over Angelina Jolie-according to University of Delaware marine biologists, the Pompeii worm is “Earth’s Hottest Animal.” And how could it not be…an invertebrate with…
View More Hottie Alert! by Christina KelloggCold-water Coral Disease By Jason Hall-Spencer & Colin Munn*
A garden of healthy, orange-coloured Eunicella verrucosa (sea fans) providing habitat for fish off Plymouth in the UK. Photographer: Sally Sharrock It’s great that you’re…
View More Cold-water Coral Disease By Jason Hall-Spencer & Colin Munn*Microbe Power by Christina Kellogg
One of the challenges of doing research in the deep-sea is the expense of getting down there and staying down there long enough (i.e., needing…
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