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…
Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of Calcification
The deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni (Hexactinellida) has the world’s largest known biosilica structure! A silicate spicule that can grow up to 3 meters long. That’s…
View More Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of Calcification“Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”
A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public Media.
View More “Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”“Like Looking into the Face of the Devil” – National Geographic Oil Spill Special
Gulf Oil Spill airs on NGC Thursday, May 27 at 10PM ET/PT National Geographic Channel is airing what promises to be an epic recount of…
View More “Like Looking into the Face of the Devil” – National Geographic Oil Spill SpecialResearchBlogCast #7: New Model of Cooperation
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I tackle a paper that was recently blogged about on ResearchBlogging.org. This week, Razib picked out a paper…
View More ResearchBlogCast #7: New Model of CooperationOil Spill Update: May 24, 2010
Another few days and another few million gallons. Oil seeps 12 miles into Louisiana marshes and pelicans are coated in crude. The U.S. officially declares…
View More Oil Spill Update: May 24, 2010How the Male Anglerfish Got Totally Screwed
Brilliant piece from The Oatmeal. Click to enter the the life of the male anglerfish.
View More How the Male Anglerfish Got Totally ScrewedThe Best New Species of 2009
Each year the International Institute for Species Exploration announces a list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year. Of the top…
View More The Best New Species of 2009The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)
An occasional series where I briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- How could not think of the colossal…
View More The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)‘Ocean Explorer 3000’ and Other Beautiful Nautical Woodcuts!
The folks over at Tugboat Printshop have put together a 22-woodcut series themed “The Deep Blue Sea”. The woodcuts are truly one-of-a-kind and imaginative! I…
View More ‘Ocean Explorer 3000’ and Other Beautiful Nautical Woodcuts!The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA
The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA, a symposium “to celebrate the scientific contributions and value of scuba as research methodology,” will be webcast live Monday…
View More The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA