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…
Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’
Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More Scientist in Residence: My ‘Seascape of Fear’Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago…
View More Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just WhalesBook Review: Open Laboratory 2010
For the lay science enthusiast and the scientist interested in fields other than their own alike, there are few better perspectives you could get on…
View More Book Review: Open Laboratory 2010DSN Scientist in Residence Eric Heupel Revisits Gulf of Mexico Dolphin Mortality Event
Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…
View More DSN Scientist in Residence Eric Heupel Revisits Gulf of Mexico Dolphin Mortality EventTGIF: Study Biology in Tromsø
This is my favorite video this week. My kids were cracking up watching it too. The Norwegians were part of Randy Olson‘s film workshop. Like…
View More TGIF: Study Biology in TromsøDeepwater Horizon: Science progresses, a year later
The New York Times has a great article out this week, as we near the year anniversary of the Macondo Well blowout and the ensuing…
View More Deepwater Horizon: Science progresses, a year laterA Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and Worms
Dear Readers, In the summer of ‘06 I, a Southern gentleman in my finest white linen suit*, find myself in the lower portion of England. …
View More A Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and Worms“I can haz capstan ride?” Cats at sea!
The US Naval Institute has a photo gallery of cats and the sailors that dote on them. I am utterly undone by seagoing kitties with…
View More “I can haz capstan ride?” Cats at sea!Japan Tsunami Debris Sloshing Around The Pacific
After being pulled away from my online life for quite a while, I regret that my first post back is not happy news. With apologies…
View More Japan Tsunami Debris Sloshing Around The PacificPlastic pollution on Hawaii’s famed green sand beach
I have a new post up at the SEAPLEX blog (where I put all my marine debris stuff). A couple weeks ago I was lucky…
View More Plastic pollution on Hawaii’s famed green sand beach