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…
PLoS Blogs features DSN
Stacy Konkiel at the EveryONE blog at PLoS has a new post up about different ways scientists are using social media, including yours truly and…
View More PLoS Blogs features DSNDonate marine life to a low-income classroom and get a prize!
It’s the second-to-last day of the Donor’s Choose Science Blogger Challenge, and we are just $347 away from buying some awesome sea life for this…
View More Donate marine life to a low-income classroom and get a prize!Happy Birthday Miriam!!
Friday Penguin KEWTNISSS!1!!
This story at The Today Show’s Animal Tracks is just great, knitters banding together to create adorable pullovers to keep penguins warm after their feathers…
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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 namesHow scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway
About six months ago, University of Hawaii scientists Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner mapped the likely route of debris dumped into the ocean by the…
View More How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off MidwayNew Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The…
View More New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize#HagfishDay: Every Whale Has Its Bone
In honor of Hagfish Day at WhaleTimes.org, I am reposting a Kevin Z original classic from the days of yore. Lyrics under the fold:
View More #HagfishDay: Every Whale Has Its BoneAre You Ready for HAGFISH DAY!!
Hagfish ’11 coming to live October 19 on WhaleTimes.org. Let’s celebrate ugly, they are the 99%.
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