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The importance of failure in graduate student training at Southern Fried Science

Dr. M September 13, 2011

You should head over right now and read “The importance of failure in graduate student training” at Southern Fried Science. Andrew Thaler discusses his very cool…

Vessels and Equipment

Camper? Boat? Nah I’ll take both!

Sealander – Schwimmcaravan – Grenzenlos mobil from SEALANDER – Der Schwimmcaravan on Vimeo. The price tag of $20,000 is not making me shy away from…

Conservation & Environment Fishing Industry & Government Organisms

Deep Trouble for the Deep Sea

Dr. M September 13, 2011 conservation deep sea Pew

The deep sea is home to an estimated 10 million species, most of which have yet to be scientifically-documented. While this marine biodiversity rivals the…

Organisms Weird

One for the bizarre-o files

Alistair Dove September 13, 2011 China whale sharks

Check out this 2 ton plastinated partial whale shark dissection on display in a pedestrian shopping mall in Dalian, China: I can’t decide whether this…

Ecology Organisms

Silence in the Sierras

Miriam Goldstein September 12, 2011 backpacking chytrid disease extinction frog frogs hiking Sierra Nevadas Sierras

Last week I got back from a 97-mile backpacking trip through the southern Sierra Nevada mountains in California. We started at Bishop Pass and hike…

Reviews

Old Spice Sea Captain

Kevin Zelnio September 10, 2011 Commercial Old Spice Sea Captain

I am easily amused.

Art Cephalopods

El Pulpo Mechanico

Kevin Zelnio September 9, 2011 Burning Man Octopus steampunk

This steampunk octopus justifies the entire existence of Burning Man.

Conservation & Environment Coral Ecology Fish Fishing Organisms

Fijians Hope Lives in “Shark Hope”

RickMac September 9, 2011 Shark Sanctuary sharks

By now you’ve no doubt noticed that international shark protections (well, at least legislative shark protections) are beginning to pile-up. It can be truly said…

Conservation & Environment Fish Fishing Reviews

Shark Bait: Gordon Ramsay Helps Expose Shark Finning

Kevin Zelnio September 9, 2011 Finning Gordon Ramsay shark shark finning

Below is a highlights video of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s special Shark Bait in which he does his part to root out shark finning and…

Cephalopods

In nomeni patri, et fili, et spiritus octi

Alistair Dove September 7, 2011 Cephalopod cephalove Comics smbc

Via the most excellent SMBC which you should add to your feed reader ASAP

Deep Sea News

New Research

The Carpet Dragon Takes Flight

Introducing a New Species: My Namesake, a New Bone-Eating Worm

Hump Day Happiness: Dive into Deep-Sea Delights

New Deep-Sea Cucumber Has 100 Feet

Ancient Origins of the Vampire Squid

Holy Glowing Sea Cucumbers!

A New Deep-Sea Family of Roly Polies

How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure

Deep-Sea Mining with John Oliver

The Inside Story of the Titan Submersible

Tiger Sharks Will Nom Nom Anything

A Journey to the Hottest Place on Earth: Hydrothermal Vents and the Resilient Pompeii Worm

Opinions and Editorial

The Cost of Fear: How Perceptions of the Deep Sea Hurt Conservation

A very special PSA from Deep-Sea News

What Are Your Research Group’s Scientific Core Values?

The Continued Boondoggle of the Ocean Cleanup

Can you afford to be a marine biologist? Or a scientist?

Let’s Kill the GRE