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…
Oil Companies’ New Deep-Sea Inspection Crew
It appears that the oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico have found fresh, new expertise in deep-sea rig inspection enlisting the help of sperm…
View More Oil Companies’ New Deep-Sea Inspection CrewDON’T PANIC: Sustainable seafood and the American outlaw
Time: 9 PM, after a long day in the lab. Place: Lucha Libre Taco Shop Internal Monologue: Bad Miriam: “If I do not have a…
View More DON’T PANIC: Sustainable seafood and the American outlawGingerbread Under The Sea
Bioephemera pointed us to this lovely undersea gingerbread house created by Karen Portaleo at Highland Bakery in Atlanta, GA. It was made for the Georgia…
View More Gingerbread Under The SeaGuest Post: Why cancer researchers think fish are cool
Editor’s Note: Genomic Repairman is a friend I’ve gotten to know through Twitter (@genrepair). He is a semi-cultured, good-natured graduate student in biomedical sciences who…
View More Guest Post: Why cancer researchers think fish are coolThe Squid’s Fist
Yes this was an impulse buy based purely on the label. They had me at squid! Which it makes it all the better to write…
View More The Squid’s FistLoggerhead turtles preying on snails
For the love of God, not the mollusks! Not the mollusks! Wait a minute they are invasives. Go ahead. Game on. Here we report the…
View More Loggerhead turtles preying on snailsInterview on the NOAA Marine Debris Blog
I was interviewed by the NOAA Marine Debris blog! It’s about my work this October on a NOAA cruise through the eastern part of the…
View More Interview on the NOAA Marine Debris Blog12.26.10 A tough Christmas in the Gulf (Sunday Spill Roundup)
In lieu of the holiday weekend, there’s only one story I want to draw attention to–months after the well was capped, the post-spill economic hardships…
View More 12.26.10 A tough Christmas in the Gulf (Sunday Spill Roundup)Happy Holidays from the Vancouver Aquarium
Nice little holiday message from the Vancouver Aquarium. I personally would have laid Christmas In Hollis over it. So…
View More Happy Holidays from the Vancouver AquariumA Very Deep Sea Holiday Greeting
Twas two nights after Cephalopodmas, and all through the lab, All the Deeplings were ready for beer and boiled crab. Their table was set, napkins…
View More A Very Deep Sea Holiday Greeting