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…
Humpback Whale Aerobics
This is a cool National Geographic video about research done by Duke Marine Lab researchers Ari Friedlander and Pat Halpin. I love the graphical representation…
View More Humpback Whale AerobicsDispatches from Antarctica – Land Ho!
David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…
View More Dispatches from Antarctica – Land Ho!TGIF: New DSN Research Platform
Of course Kevin and I will still need to work out some logistics
View More TGIF: New DSN Research PlatformWalruses, Like Other Marine Mammals, Are Disgusting Little Perverts
NSFW or your local aquarium. It should come as no surprise by now that marine mammals are foul little nymphomaniacs. Utterly horrendous how he just…
View More Walruses, Like Other Marine Mammals, Are Disgusting Little PervertsOctopods On Blow
In December 2007, Portuguese police confiscated 9.4 tons of cocaine in a shipment of frozen octopus from Venezuela. “I suppose it’s possible that someone defrosted the…
View More Octopods On BlowThank You for Bringing the Ocean to the Midwest!
I just word that yet another Oceans in the Classroom project was fully funded. “Mrs. S” sent out a thank you to all who donated.…
View More Thank You for Bringing the Ocean to the Midwest!Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA Begins
David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…
View More Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA BeginsPycnogonids, more than spiders of the sea
Much of the earth’s biodiversity lies within the phylum Arthropoda. You are probably aware of many species within the group trilobites, spiders, centipedes, crabs, insects,…
View More Pycnogonids, more than spiders of the seaWednesday Knot: Anchor Bend
From the name of this knot you might expect its use-to secure an anchor to the end of line. This is perfect for use with…
View More Wednesday Knot: Anchor BendNew Circus of the Spineless!
Great job to Kate who posted the latest installment of the Circus of the Spineless (#46!) up at Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate.…
View More New Circus of the Spineless!