Organisms

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All Walrus. All the time.

It’s Friday and who doesn’t need a little more Walrus in their lives? I certainly do. Streaming live 24-7 from Round Island, Alaska (in the aptly…

Cnidaria Favorite Species Organisms Pelagic Plankton

Release the Glaucus!

Alex Warneke May 20, 2015 By-the-Wind Sailors Cnidaria Glaucus nudibranchs pelagic Velella

Aliens? Squishies? Deformed Plastic? Jellyfish? Many descriptors have accompanied the emails, texts, and Facebook messages that have recently flooded my cellular device, all describing one unique…

Abyss Adaptations Cephalopods Ecology Evolution Intertidal Mating & Reproduction Mollusk Paleobiology Pelagic Shelf Uncategorized Weird

Malacology Monthly: Cephalopod Compendium

Douglas Long May 6, 2015 Argonauta Cephalopod Crusty nautilus Cuttlebone cuttlefish evolution Nautilus Octopus paper nautilus psittacine dietary calcium supplement ram's Horn Squid Spirula squid tentacles

Even if you don’t care much for marine invertebrates, you gotta love Cephalopods. Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, they have the stylish panache and quirky evolutionary…

Biology Echinoderms Expeditions New Species Organisms Scientist! Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

These are a few of my favorite species: Paulasterias mcclaini “McClain’s 6-armed fleshy star”

Dr. M April 21, 2015 Asteroid Hydrothermal Vent starfish

Today is a very exciting day. Indeed, today is one of the best days ever! The next step in my evil science plans for total…

Art Biology Conservation & Environment Coral Ecology Environmental Sciences Habitats Oil Spills Pictures and Movies Vessels and Equipment

Day 1,825

Alex Warneke April 20, 2015 BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill onEarth Perrin Ireland

5 years ago today, an explosion in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico lead to one of the worst human-induced environmental disasters in history.…

Biology Cephalopods Organisms

Which way does an octopus crawl? Anyway it wants.

Dr. Martini April 17, 2015 locomotion Octopus

Let’s face it, octopuses are just going to be our cephalopod overlords. They have 8 arms, 3 hearts, Moms eat their own babies so the others…

Abyss Biology Education Expeditions Life At Sea Mammals Open Access Pelagic Scientist! Vessels and Equipment

Video: Rare sperm whale encounter with deep-sea ROV

RR Helm April 15, 2015

“if you’re watching on channel one the super sampler is…THE HECK IS THAT?!” And that is the start of an absolutely breathtaking real life close encounter…

Biology Ecology Environmental Sciences Evolution Gadgets & Gear Habitats Intertidal Life of Science Mammals Paleobiology Pictures and Movies Vessels and Equipment Weird

We are Going to Need a Bigger Helicopter

Alex Warneke April 14, 2015 Cabrillo National Monument National Park Service SD Natural History Museum USCG whales

Working at a National Park results in a fair share of interesting encounters. Take for instance, yesterday when my boss emails me and says, “The Coast…

Crustacean

Celebrity Wax Sculptures for Snails

Dr. M April 13, 2015

Snails taste good. Well snails taste good to crabs. In fact almost every facet of certain snail’s lives is completely dictated by crabs. Crabs regulate…

Abyss Biology Conservation & Environment Coral Coral Reef Ecology Industry & Government Oil Spills

Given the choice, corals would prefer oil to dispersant

Dr. M April 8, 2015 Coral deep sea Deepwater Horizon dispersant Gulf of Mexico Macondo oil Oil Spill

Just near 6 million liters of oil spilled out of Macondo well in 2010, about 6 supertankers worth of oil. The ramifications of the oil…

Deep Sea News

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