One of the denizens of the deep is the 30cm long tripod fish, Bathypterois grallator. This unusual fish is typically found anywhere between 1-5km deep…
View More The Fish That Walks on StiltsCategory: Organisms
Something Old Is New Again
In this case a discarded rice cooker or crock pot on the abyss finds a new use as an octopus den! Note the dangling egg…
View More Something Old Is New AgainPlumes, Microbes, and Hypoxia…Did, Do, or Will They Exist in the Gulf
The internets are a buzz with a new paper published in Science. You may recall I covered the new paper by Camilli et al. in…
View More Plumes, Microbes, and Hypoxia…Did, Do, or Will They Exist in the GulfA Little Nautical Artwork for Your Walls
A couple of nice inexpensive finds on Etsy.
View More A Little Nautical Artwork for Your WallsStaring Down the Barrel of a… SHARK!
Former DSN rockstar and Aquanautix founder Peter Etnoyer, and colleagues, recently explored 900 meter depths off Roatan, Honduras and came across a 10 foot long…
View More Staring Down the Barrel of a… SHARK!This Jellyfish Doesn’t Have Chance
Just received this great photo from a friend of friend. Gary Bernier took this while diving at the ship wrecks off North Carolina. A cookie goes to…
View More This Jellyfish Doesn’t Have ChanceSpots versus Stripes
That’s What Slugs Are For
More Miriam in the Devil’s Panties
My second cameo in the Devil’s Panties! I am wearing a fine squid hat from ObeyMyBrain, and expounding on the joys of hectocotyli. This is…
View More More Miriam in the Devil’s PantiesSoCal sea a-swim with scum and sharks
It’s been an eventful week here in the Southern California Bight – the northwest-southeast slanting part of the coastline between Point Conception (north of Los…
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