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…
Floating Cities
By now you probably realize that we here at DSN are more than ready to burn our terrestrial dwellings down in favor of living among…
View More Floating CitiesTentacle Candlestick Holder
Just ordered a set of these for the banquet table at DSN headquarters.
View More Tentacle Candlestick HolderAnemones Fight Back Against Their Opressors
You may not realize that those unassuming slugs of the oceans, nudibranchs, are voracious predators in hiding. Sponges, corals, hydroids, bryozoans, anemones, barnacles, the Portugese…
View More Anemones Fight Back Against Their OpressorsAre You Following Us On Twitter?
If you want the most up to date news on everything ocean, then you should be following us on Twitter! You can find us at…
View More Are You Following Us On Twitter?Tool Use In Fish
When I was in college, I had fish in aquarium. I repeatedly tried to train them to retrieve a beer from my dorm fridge, open…
View More Tool Use In FishDoes Weeping Help? Recent Conservation News
Recently, news streams, scientific journals, and the web are exploding with conservation news. Below is few highlights from the past few weeks. I’ll take my…
View More Does Weeping Help? Recent Conservation NewsIntricate Sterns
Everyone likes a nice caboose. That’s why for generations much work and craftsmanship went into sprucing up the rearends of ships. Over at Dark Roasted…
View More Intricate SternsTGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War Feeding
Despite being stung by one of them on a Gulf beach as a kid, Portugese Man-O-War’s are still one of my favorite organisms. Hat tip…
View More TGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War FeedingTGIF: Why an Octopus is more awesome than your Mom
Some friday hilarity from one of my favourite webistes, The Oatmeal. Click on the picture to read the full (scientifically enlightening) article:
View More TGIF: Why an Octopus is more awesome than your MomExploration, thy name is Atlantis
If everything goes smoothly, this morning at around 11 o’clock, four brave souls strapped to 800,000 gallons of liquid oxygen, hydrogen and hydrazine will ride a…
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