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 – Underwater Fluorescent Disco
From BBC Earth Youtube page: Phillipe Coustaeau and the team dive in the Red Sea, one of the warmest seas in the world. Despite the…
View More TGIF – Underwater Fluorescent DiscoDeepest Trench Now With More Deep
A new survey puts the depth of the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, at 10,994 meters, nearly 75 meters…
View More Deepest Trench Now With More DeepYeti Crab Roundup
Back in 2005, three researchers described and named a very unusual crab from a hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean (paper here). The scientists christened…
View More Yeti Crab RoundupDirect from the bench and the trench: a DSN core value
A month ago, I spoke of DSN’s new pathway for dialogue about the oceans and ocean science. We have committed to demystifying and humanizing science…
View More Direct from the bench and the trench: a DSN core valueAnimals Vs. Equipment
The following images came across my desk last week humorously labeled “There’s something wrong with the ROV”. The startling shots show what appears to be…
View More Animals Vs. EquipmentTGIF – In Your FACE!
Aside from having one of the best common names around, the Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi, a type of über-blenny) has an extraordinary way of defending…
View More TGIF – In Your FACE!TGIF – the blanket octopus
Tremoctopus or blanket octopus is a pelagic octopus that inhabits open water, often at great depths. The fluttery pennants of tissue that trail behind…
View More TGIF – the blanket octopusTGIF – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
I found this amusing, did you?? MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, TWO from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo. h/t @CackleofRad
View More TGIF – Marcel the Shell with Shoes OnWhen Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!
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!Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights
Make no mistake about it — I am shamelessly pimping out our lab’s new paper, written by yours truly. In fact, the title of this…
View More Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights