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…
The Fantastic Artistry of Keith Loutit: Bathtub IV
Keith Loutit is a talented and creative spirit. His pioneering videography technique, known as tilt-shift/time-lapse, challenges our sense of perception. Hat tip to Deep Blue…
View More The Fantastic Artistry of Keith Loutit: Bathtub IVMore Miriam in the Devil’s Panties
My second cameo in the Devil’s Panties! I am wearing a fine squid hat from ObeyMyBrain, and expounding on the joys of hectocotyli. This is…
View More More Miriam in the Devil’s PantiesSoCal sea a-swim with scum and sharks
It’s been an eventful week here in the Southern California Bight – the northwest-southeast slanting part of the coastline between Point Conception (north of Los…
View More SoCal sea a-swim with scum and sharksNew Use for Scopolamine
Oh Scopolamine, could I count the ways I know thee? Many marine scientists know this sea-sickness drug well and affectionately refer to it as “the…
View More New Use for ScopolamineHide and Seek in the Deep Sea
Great informative video from MBARI: “This video shows some adaptations animals have for camouflaging themselves in the deep sea. Many of the animals in the…
View More Hide and Seek in the Deep SeaMy cameo in webcomic The Devil’s Panties
I have achieved the fame and fortune that every young geeklet dreams of – to have a cameo in the fabulous webcomic The Devil’s Panties.…
View More My cameo in webcomic The Devil’s PantiesVampirolinkis infernalis
Jason at The Thoughtful Animal has the latest edition of the Carnival of Evolution. A plethora of fantastic evolutionary blogging! The Dunn Lab and Friends…
View More Vampirolinkis infernalisEverything Poops
This is of course meant as an educational offering, you know… us being a top science blog and all… Everything Poops by Kevin Zelnio Lyrics…
View More Everything PoopsA World Inside a Coconut
This is rewritten from one of my favorite contributions from The Other 95%. ————————— In November 2003, while an undergrad at University of California at…
View More A World Inside a CoconutA Symphony of Species in the Deep
Love this new video put out by Census of Marine Life. “Featured in a new “roll call” of life from 25 key ocean regions, marine…
View More A Symphony of Species in the Deep