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The Animals of the Musashi Battleship

On November 1st, 1940 the Imperial Japanese Navy launched the Yamato Class Battleship the Musashi. She and her sister ship, Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully…

Abyss Adaptations Biology Coral Reef Evolution Hadal & Trench Intertidal Mollusk Organisms Paleobiology Pelagic Polar Seamount Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Shelf Uncategorized

Malacology Monday

Douglas Long March 9, 2015 Gary Busey malacology mineralization molluscs mollusks sea shells shells taxonomy

You already know that Deep Sea News provides expert reporting, in-depth analysis, first-person research, and sarcastic mockery of contemporary topics relevant to our ocean world.…

Cephalopods Development Ecology Mating & Reproduction Pelagic

What’s this viral video mystery blob? (hint: it’s not a pyrosome)

RR Helm March 6, 2015

Hi lovely internet. I’ve noticed lots of folks getting really excited about a new video going viral. Many are calling this giant strange worm a pyrosome. Now,…

Biology Crustacean Development Ecology Mating & Reproduction Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

For Hoff Yeti Crabs Food, Sex, and Birth Determine Living Space At Vents

Dr. M March 3, 2015 Antarctica body size food Hoff Crab Hydrothermal Vent sex yeti crab

Within just a few short centimeters the temperature drops from 350˚C to -1.5˚C (692 to 29.3˚F). At 2.6 kilometers deep in the Antarctic Ocean lies the East…

Biology Climate Change Conservation & Environment Fish Fishing

Spurious correlations: How Alaskan pollock predict a Seahawks Super Bowl win!

Dr. Martini January 31, 2015 fisheries modeling pollock

This is a guest post by Kirstin Holsman, who works on developing quantitative methods for ecosystem-based fisheries management and methods to assess and manage for climate-change…

Climate Change Conservation & Environment Coral Coral Reef Environmental Sciences Fishing Opinion & Editorial Uncategorized Weird

Reef Roulette

RickMac January 29, 2015 comedy conservation Silliness

Isn’t coral reef conservation hard enough without having to also constantly re-invent yourself for every swing of the funding pendulum? Well your friends here at…

Abyss Evolution Microbes Uncategorized

The weird sizes and exotic shapes of nematode worms

Holly Bik January 15, 2015 nematode Phylogeny Reproduction sediments sizing ocean giants Spicules story of size

FACT: We study evolution in nematodes by constructing trees out of their penis size. Ok, well a “penis” in male nematodes is actually a hard copulatory…

Abyss Adaptations Biology Favorite Species Habitats Organisms Sponge Bitches!

These are a few of my favorite species: The magnificent and very large sponge Monorhaphis chuni

Dr. M December 16, 2014 giant Glass Sponge spicule sponges

Within the glass sponges (Hexactinellids), so called because of scaffolds of silica spicules they form, resides a family of sponges, the Monorhaphididae. Family here is…

Adaptations Biology Mating & Reproduction Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls