Perusing the internet for maps, I came across the Cousteau Society’s World Ocean Census. They have several extracts available to read online. I clicked on…
View More Helluva HalibutCategory: Organisms
Stop Hatin’ On the Blobfish
Across the internets a movement is surfacing. Its nothing short of a smear campaign. Across the web it is becoming fashionable to hate on the…
View More Stop Hatin’ On the BlobfishDeep-Sea Biodiversity: Pattern and Scale
During my Ph.D., my advisors began drafting a book. I patiently awaited the tome on the deep sea biodiversity. My wait is no longer. Rex…
View More Deep-Sea Biodiversity: Pattern and ScaleTGIF: Clever Octopus
From Matt’s Marine Music Medley.
View More TGIF: Clever OctopusEx Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved Barnacles
As part of Darwin Day on Friday, I gave a brief talk at Duke Marine Lab during happy hour about Darwin and his beloved barnacles.…
View More Ex Omnia Conchis: Darwin and His Beloved BarnaclesReconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life
What is the origin story of deep-sea organisms? For decades, we thought shallow coastal waters were the cradle of marine life repeatedly pumping species into…
View More Reconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All LifeLSDG: An Acronym Consuming A Field
You may never heard of LSDG (although some of you may have heard of LSD but I make no judgement here) but a lot scientific…
View More LSDG: An Acronym Consuming A FieldMad Taxonomic Skillz III – Crustacean Hunt!
This week’s Mad Taxonomic Skillz challenge will utilize the awesome freely available resource for everything crustacean – Crustacea.net! We think that if crustaceans were easier…
View More Mad Taxonomic Skillz III – Crustacean Hunt!Sharks and Reef Fish Trash Baited Camera
Via Climate Shifts this morning I discovered this video which enamored me for two and a half minutes. You have to go there to get…
View More Sharks and Reef Fish Trash Baited CameraYet more TGIF: Plankton at the London Zoo!
Kevin tweeted this delightful BBC audio slideshow called “Sea Drifters,” featuring stunning photos of zooplankton. As the token non-deep-sea-researcher of the Deep Sea News group…
View More Yet more TGIF: Plankton at the London Zoo!