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…
Great Migrations
National Geographic embarked on an ambitious two and a half year film project, covering over 420,000 square miles, and telling the story of animal movements…
View More Great MigrationsStudent-run sailing vessel rescues disabled sailboat
The Coast Guard reports that “the Coast Guard and the crew of a good Samaritan vessel assisted the crew of a sailboat 900 miles southeast…
View More Student-run sailing vessel rescues disabled sailboatCarnival of the Blue #42!
My Other Car is a Submersible
Anybody know where I can get one of these?
View More My Other Car is a SubmersibleMake ocean scientists rock stars
Chris Mooney dropped me a line about the Rock Stars of Science campaign. He says: Rock Stars of Science™ is another Geoffrey Beene initiative, designed to…
View More Make ocean scientists rock starsAcross the Pacific
I just got back from sampling the North Pacific Gyre with NOAA. We found visible plastic every day in the manta tows once we had…
View More Across the PacificCircus of the Spineless – Spooktacular Edition!
Next month the Circus stops at Wanderin Weeta, send submissions to wanderinweeta at gmail dot com. I am looking for hosts for March and beyond,…
View More Circus of the Spineless – Spooktacular Edition!From The Editor’s Desk: Stop Being Such a Journalist
From the Editor’s Desk is a new weekly series with posts occurring regularly on Monday. Kevin and I will trade the hot seat every other…
View More From The Editor’s Desk: Stop Being Such a JournalistCarnival of Evolution #29: The Game is On!
Picking Urchins From the Devil’s Teeth
A fascinating 10 minute short film. Hat tip to KaylinQ. Info from the youtube account: Dir. Roger Teich / USA / 2004 Ron Elliott is…
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