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…
TGIF: Ship Launch FAIL Edition
Just to be fair to Sea Shepherd, ship launch FAIL’s can happen to anyone. Even megatonne cargo ships! Isn’t she just so chipper! Bonus mega…
View More TGIF: Ship Launch FAIL EditionZOMG GIANT WURMZ N SEESTARZ FEEEDING FRENZY!1!1!!!1
Seriously cool footage at the BBC. Also with a nice little accompanying article that you should read. In the sequence filmed for the Life series,…
View More ZOMG GIANT WURMZ N SEESTARZ FEEEDING FRENZY!1!1!!!1Darwin and the Adventure: the Brazilian TV Show!
Globo is one of the major television networks in Brazil and they are airing this week a special segment on the Darwin and the Adventure…
View More Darwin and the Adventure: the Brazilian TV Show!Thank You for Caring About Ocean Education!
Ocean bloggers and readers are amazing! We managed to raise over $4600 for classrooms all around the country, impacted 980 students immediately, but most of…
View More Thank You for Caring About Ocean Education!The Original “On a Boat” Song
Craig is the hipster around here, always keeping up on the latest trends and knows exactly what the kids are doing these days. Me, I…
View More The Original “On a Boat” SongFilming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Life Magazine’s website has pictures up from a 1954 photo shoot of the Disney movie adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It…
View More Filming 20,000 Leagues Under the SeaDSN’s 7 Simple Rules for Marine Conservation Expedition Safety
Enter the Ady Gil (formerly the Earthrace). No, this isn’t the Knight Rider of the harbor. This batmobile of conservation is now the newest member…
View More DSN’s 7 Simple Rules for Marine Conservation Expedition SafetyWood, It’s What’s For Dinner
A deep-sea crab walks into a pub and asked, “Where’s the bar tender?” Few deep-sea organisms rely on food originally from land. Most deep-sea dwellers rely…
View More Wood, It’s What’s For DinnerCataloging Life On the Deep-Sea Floor
Over ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on…
View More Cataloging Life On the Deep-Sea FloorI’m On A Boat A Cappella
Kevin and I are big fans of I’m On A Boat and the internets are full of parodies of this parody (Bert and Ernie ver.,…
View More I’m On A Boat A Cappella