I recently returned from nearly two weeks at sea with a motley and intrepid crew exploring the Gulf of Mexico almost a mile and half…
View More The Fantastical Beasts of the Deep Gulf of MexicoCategory: Organisms
The Ancient Ocean of the Dakota Access Pipeline
You pull your old car to the side of the road, slow to a stop and turn the key: the fire in your engine dies.…
View More The Ancient Ocean of the Dakota Access PipelinePeak Poke? (Or, Our Choices Have Consequences)
One of my favorite urban myths is that at any point in time you are never more than six feet away from a rat. Turns…
View More Peak Poke? (Or, Our Choices Have Consequences)The Return to Silent Spring
This is a guest post dually written by Nick Hayman and Dr. Violet Renick. Last week, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt denied the petition to ban…
View More The Return to Silent SpringReason 5,879 why dolphins are a$$holes: Octopus “handling”
In case you needed further proof that dolphins really are the a$$holes of the ocean, we can now add even more evidence to this list. A…
View More Reason 5,879 why dolphins are a$$holes: Octopus “handling”Bring the hammer.
Prepare yourself for the hammer. No not that hammer. This one. The Malleidae, or the hammer oysters, is a suite of around 30 species, primarily…
View More Bring the hammer.Trolling in the deep: from raging rants to support of the strange
Today’s guest post is by Natasha Phillips, a marine biologist and PhD researcher based at Queen’s University Belfast, interested in the movement ecology, diet and…
View More Trolling in the deep: from raging rants to support of the strangeLook at These Amazing Deep-Sea Creatures from the Remote Pacific Right Now
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View More Look at These Amazing Deep-Sea Creatures from the Remote Pacific Right NowThe Little Strawberry Squid with the Big Eye
If I were ever to write a Little Golden Book on par with The Poky Little Puppy it would about cute, little, and red, deep-sea…
View More The Little Strawberry Squid with the Big EyeThis deep-sea jelly looks like something from a dream
A beautiful jelly was just sighted by the Ocean Explorer as they cruise the deep sea near American Samoa live at oceanexplorer.noaa.gov. According to Dr. Allen Collins–a zoologist at NOAA and…
View More This deep-sea jelly looks like something from a dream