What’s the difference between a collection of Osedax “Zombie worms” and the 112th United States Congress? One is a population of spineless, sedentary, opportunistic life…
View More When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!Category: Special
Sharks Need Your Vote!
My ocean blogging colleague, David Shiffman – known as “Why Sharks Matter” on twitter and the blog Southern Fried Science – is in the lead…
View More Sharks Need Your Vote!The Pilgrims were obviously Marine Scientists
Right now, my stomach is rumbling as the delicious scent of my roasted nut loaf wafts in from the kitchen (yes, I’m one of THOSE–although…
View More The Pilgrims were obviously Marine ScientistsThe real cookie monster
Field Museum scientist Josh Drew recently brought to my attention a new and unusual paper describing a world first. The manuscript by Randy Honebrink and…
View More The real cookie monsterClearly I Need to Rethink My Business Cards
Redditor burt_flaxton writes: “Friend’s Father Died – They found these after. He must have handed them out to the women at bars.” In related news, the Most Interesting Man In The World…
View More Clearly I Need to Rethink My Business CardsSurfer Garrett McNamara Sets World Record Riding 90 Foot Wave
Sure, it was a tow-in… but DAMN! LIKE.A.BOSS!
View More Surfer Garrett McNamara Sets World Record Riding 90 Foot WaveFrom the Editor’s Desk: The Future of Deep-Sea News
If they know it, they will love it. If they love it, they will protect it. My wife, with over a decade of nonprofit experience,…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Future of Deep-Sea NewsWhy cyclops shark grabs at our imagination
If you’ve been out of touch for a while lately and haven’t immediately grokked what this post is about from the title, it concerns a…
View More Why cyclops shark grabs at our imaginationThe innaugural DSN retreat is upon us!
I can’t tell you how excited I am that all (yes, ALL) of the current DSN bloggers will be united this weeked for the very…
View More The innaugural DSN retreat is upon us!
On common names
Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness,…
View More On common names