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…
A Nudi on David’s Wood
David is a graduate student in my lab. He wants to know what types of animals colonize wood and whale bones in the deep sea…
View More A Nudi on David’s WoodDarwin and the Adventure – The Workshop
Monday, Sept. 21, was a big day as it was the workshop that we had been preparing for. The goal of the workshop as stated…
View More Darwin and the Adventure – The WorkshopNew Carnival of Evolution Is Up!
This one is huge and very well put together. It’s over at Bjorn Ostman’s Pleiotropy.
View More New Carnival of Evolution Is Up!Travel Awards for ScienceOnline 2010
I am very excited to announce that the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center will be offering two travel awards for ScienceOnline 2010. These will be awarded…
View More Travel Awards for ScienceOnline 2010Sea of Cortez
You may remember me mentioning that Chris Mah scored an original original hard cover copy of the Sea of Cortez detailing John Steinbeck’s and Ed…
View More Sea of CortezThe Shark Song
From National Geographic: Filmmaker, Songwriter & Shark Junky – Andy Brandy Casagrande IV (ABC4) says: “IF I WAS A GREAT WHITE SHARK…I WOULDN’T BITE YOU”
View More The Shark SongAnother Species With Forehead Sexual Organs
Chimaeras are sharks much cooler cousins. They are not sharks, i.e. elasmobranchs, but rather a whole other subclass, Holocephali, that split from sharks nearly 400…
View More Another Species With Forehead Sexual Organs19th Century Scuba
…and I thought I was burdened with gear The sole example of this steampunkesque diving suit appears Musée de la Marine in Paris. Built by…
View More 19th Century ScubaDarwin and the Adventure Day 4
Sunday was a big day. We had our first sail, set up the molecular lab on board, did a practice plankton tow, and met the…
View More Darwin and the Adventure Day 4TGIF: Scuba Diving in Flooded Meadow
Water Level 9,40m … from Alex.Be. on Vimeo.
View More TGIF: Scuba Diving in Flooded Meadow