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…
Dead Whales…The People Who Study Them and The Worms That Eat Them
A nice write up this month in the Audobon Magazine by Amanda Mascarelli discussing whale-falls and Osedax worms. You can read it for free online.
View More Dead Whales…The People Who Study Them and The Worms That Eat ThemTreking Poles, Sledges, 1600lbs of Pork, and 12 Cases of Whiskey
In January 1908, Shackleton and his team built a hut on the Antarctic continent to serve as a base for an attempt on the South…
View More Treking Poles, Sledges, 1600lbs of Pork, and 12 Cases of WhiskeySame Girl
Yo Ush, What up Kels Wanna introduce you to this girl, think I really love this girl, Yeah? Man she so fine, Straight up dawg?…
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New Species Friday 10/30/09 – Ophryotrocha fabriae
Say hello to my little fried… In fact, this guy is so small you might have missed if you didn’t use the right sieve mesh…
View More New Species Friday 10/30/09 – Ophryotrocha fabriaeGhost Ships
Top Tenz as a list of 12 ghost ships. Just kidding, it is just ten. My favorite… One of the most amazing cases of a…
View More Ghost ShipsSubmersible or Boat? Both!
Boat…check. Submarine…check. Scuba platform…check. Submarine , boat, and dive platform…check. The Scubacraft 3 and 6 are the newest ultimate watercraft. Price tag? Well, that is…
View More Submersible or Boat? Both!Southpark Hates On Sea Shepherd
If you missed what was perhaps the most glorious thing to ever be created, you can watch Southpark’s Whale Whores episode in its entirety here.…
View More Southpark Hates On Sea ShepherdSperm Whale Caught with Giant Squid Snack Between Teeth
Finally, the amazing underwater photographer Tony Wu caught a sperm whale with a piece of giant squid caught between its teeth. Must see pics! I’m…
View More Sperm Whale Caught with Giant Squid Snack Between TeethDarwin and the Adventure: Sailing, Science and Outreach in South America
These are the slides from a talk I gave last Friday to the Duke University Marine Lab on the Darwin and the Adventure project in…
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