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…
The EPR Chronicles X
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos…
View More The EPR Chronicles XYour Friday Cuttlefish
A friend of CORAL, Dr Steve Cohen, passed along this great footage he captured of some randy cuttlefish on the reefs at the Wakatobi Dive…
View More Your Friday CuttlefishThe EPR Chronicles IX
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos…
View More The EPR Chronicles IXBaby Nautilus, is there anything cuter?
My colleagues Dr. Bruce Carlson – recently retired – and Marj Awai were the first folks to successfully collect chambered nautilus for display in public…
View More Baby Nautilus, is there anything cuter?The EPR Chronicles VIII
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos…
View More The EPR Chronicles VIIIThe EPR Chronicles VII
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches,…
View More The EPR Chronicles VIIHot dayum, Craig Venter
There’s a new paper today describing the use of very short sequences (100 base pairs long) and sophisticated computational algorithms to map out an entire…
View More Hot dayum, Craig VenterThe EPR Chronicles VI
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches,…
View More The EPR Chronicles VIThe EPR Chronicles V
For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches,…
View More The EPR Chronicles VNot sure your HMO will cover that…
If, like me, you live in perpetual fear of being mowed down by the world’s slowest reptiles, write this number on the back your insurance…
View More Not sure your HMO will cover that…