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…
TGIF – A cavalcade of Christmas critters
Here’s some seasonal fishes, pulled from that most excellent of resources for all things fishy: Fishbase There isn’t a Santa Claus fish that I could…
View More TGIF – A cavalcade of Christmas crittersTGIF – Our Blue (The Tank Bangers)
A little sentimental, but hey its Christmas time. The Tank Bangers donates proceeds of buying this song to the various groups shown at 5:40 in…
View More TGIF – Our Blue (The Tank Bangers)TGIF – All About Sea Squirts!
5 minutes of tunicate facts courtesy of the Bocas Research Station in Panama!
View More TGIF – All About Sea Squirts!TGIF – The Sea I See
Shane deRolf’s “The Sea I See” whimsically addresses issues of marine diversity in the best traditions of Dr. Seuss. Share it with your kids! Initially…
View More TGIF – The Sea I SeePromoting Ocean Literacy – a DSN Core Value
When the DSN crew gathered for our inaugural retreat recently, one of the core values we agreed on was “promoting ocean literacy”. This value is…
View More Promoting Ocean Literacy – a DSN Core ValueLet It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Oh the dark deep sea is frightful, But the food not so delightful, But since we’ve got no place to go, Let It Marine…
View More Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It SnowLast minute holiday presents: Science Ink
I’ve had a copy of Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed, written by Carl Zimmer, sitting on my desk for a few months now.…
View More Last minute holiday presents: Science InkJapanese tsunami debris link roundup
Debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami is headed towards Hawaii and the North American west coast. For those concerned, several new sources of information are…
View More Japanese tsunami debris link roundupReverently irreverent: a Deep Sea News core value
If someone listened in on the conversation in the Deep Sea News underwater lair, they might conclude that we were a bunch of scatological mind-in-the-gutter…
View More Reverently irreverent: a Deep Sea News core valueA Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating
Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on.
View More A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating