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: Pirate’s Life
All hand drawn, frame by frame, on a ream of paper by Kijek/Adamski to visualize the song “Pirate’s Life” by We Cut Corners
View More TGIF: Pirate’s LifeOpen Letter to My Bros at British Petroleum
Dear British Petroleum, WTF I hear you wanna be called Beyond Petroleum, now? Do you think you’re some kind of rap star or something?? Haha!…
View More Open Letter to My Bros at British PetroleumIf I Was A Hagfish Could I Get With Tall Blonds?
Almost sixteen years ago, I was at phase one of Operation Convince A Tall Blond To Get With Me. For brevity, I will refer to…
View More If I Was A Hagfish Could I Get With Tall Blonds?Dredged from the Depths…
From our good friends at Southern Fried Science: The Historical Origins of ‘Whales as People’. An important, and overlooked, point that shared traditions and cultural…
View More Dredged from the Depths…The Deep: Home of BIG TEETH
From the always epically entertaining MBARI Video.
View More The Deep: Home of BIG TEETHWe are the 99%
Shark Hope
“Bula!” (That’s Fijian for “Yo, wassup!“) Following a successful premier this past Monday in the Fiji capital of Suva, I’m proud to bring you the…
View More Shark HopeThe 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!Thanks for supporting oceans in the classroom, but we got more work to do!
You guys rock! Thirteen of us managed to bundle up enough cash, just shy of $1,000, to fund 3 project, impacting over 130 students. Many…
View More Thanks for supporting oceans in the classroom, but we got more work to do!San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator
The red tide that has lit San Diego for several weeks is ending in a microscopic bloodbath. The above photo was taken by Linsey Sala,…
View More San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator