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…
Brutus the Giant Saltwater Croc
At 70-80 years old, Brutus is an 18-foot long croc. He’s tougher than nails with a missing leg due to a fight with a shark…
View More Brutus the Giant Saltwater Croc2011 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ could be biggest ever
You know that oxygen-less zone that chokes life and forms every year in the Gulf of Mexico at the base of the Mississippi? Currently its…
View More 2011 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ could be biggest everWhat Would You Do With 60 Hours?
At age 61, Diana Nyad is going to swim 103 miles across the Straits of Florida from Cuba to Key West. Rather puts my week…
View More What Would You Do With 60 Hours?Mining The Deep: All About $ For the Government
The PNG Mine Watch blog posts some unfortunate news today about mining the hydrothermal vents of the PNG coast at the Solwara 1 site. Papua…
View More Mining The Deep: All About $ For the GovernmentNew Circus of the Spineless is Up!
Jennifer Frazer has the June/July Circus of the Spineless up her shiny new Scientific American blog The Artful Amoeba. An excellent resource for natural history.…
View More New Circus of the Spineless is Up!Shanty Up at the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
Via The Guardian: h/t to @kejames on Twitter
View More Shanty Up at the Falmouth International Sea Shanty FestivalCrash Series by Jonathan Wateridge
London based artist Jonathan Wateridge’s “Crash Series” consist of seven huge (up to 2m x 3m) oil paintings depicting scenes of crashed air planes and ships.…
View More Crash Series by Jonathan WateridgeTGIF: The Cambrian Explosion Song
Because it’s Friday and you need to begin every Friday morning with a song about the Cambrian Explosion
View More TGIF: The Cambrian Explosion SongGet a fish’s eye view of Shark Week
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week is an immensely popular block of programming that focuses on our toothy buddies, the elasmobranchs. This year Georgia Aquarium will play…
View More Get a fish’s eye view of Shark WeekSpotting the difference between whale sharks
It’s getting to that time of year again. It’s hot here in Atlanta, and really hot down in Mexico, where, in between the tropical storms…
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