How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…
What Crabs Are The Fightiest?
So a good friend of mine asked this weekend on Facebook what kind of crabs are the fightiest. Great question! First, for the sake of…
View More What Crabs Are The Fightiest?The Biodiverse Universe
Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to…
View More The Biodiverse UniverseTides, How DO They $%!&in’ Work?!?
So, Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly was apparently baffled about the science behind tides, using it as an ammo when talking to an atheist leader…
View More Tides, How DO They $%!&in’ Work?!?What’s in a name? Origins of the word “shark”
This article is reposted from my old blog Deep Type Flow and was originally published 7/12/2010 To a recent roundup of whale shark news, I appended…
View More What’s in a name? Origins of the word “shark”Gear Review: Red Ants Pants (Work Pants for Women)
As I hope you are unaware, yesterday was the annual No Pants Subway Ride. I am shocked, SHOCKED that these people can make light of…
View More Gear Review: Red Ants Pants (Work Pants for Women)Okinawa Ribbon Eel!
Apparently the google plus video embedder is broken, but you can watch it on their Google Plus page here. Video by Nori Sakamato on G+.…
View More Okinawa Ribbon Eel!Random stuff seen on Reddit
Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree?
The Arab Spring has been on of the most amazing social movements of this generation; the images of brave citizens fighting for democracy (and unfortunately…
View More Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree?TGIF: Friday Fashion Finds
I’ve been suspiciously quiet on the blogging front lately. The reason: I’ve just completed a cross-country move in the middle of the holiday season (its…
View More TGIF: Friday Fashion FindsTGIF – In Short, Nudibranchs Are AWESOME!
We agree! Love this video and artwork from a nudi fan!
View More TGIF – In Short, Nudibranchs Are AWESOME!