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: Making of Abyss
NE Pacific Expedition Day 1&2
After several hours of flying followed by several hours of driving, I arrived at Newport, Oregon last night. Although not planned, the Rogue Brewery next…
View More NE Pacific Expedition Day 1&2We Get Mail – Sea Shepherd Shenanigans Edition
A few days ago DSN received a letter from one of our fans, [sic] To whom it may concern, After reviewing your comments concerning the…
View More We Get Mail – Sea Shepherd Shenanigans EditionPacific Northwest Expedition
Just a reminder that Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) and I will participating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition to the…
View More Pacific Northwest ExpeditionIsabel Farfante 1916-2009
As a taxonomist and marine biologist, it is very hard to lose “one of us”. There are not many around and each loss is a…
View More Isabel Farfante 1916-2009A Flagship for Science in a New Age of Sail
Karen James, director of science for the The Beagle Project, has published a letter (subscription required) in the taxonomy journal Zoologica Scripta outlining the reasons…
View More A Flagship for Science in a New Age of SailTGIF: “… 2 Things of Beauty”
Courtesy of my bagpiping officemate and fellow seablogger. Honestly boss, we are getting work done in the lab! Another one below the fold.
View More TGIF: “… 2 Things of Beauty”TGIF: Meet the Ceratioids!
A bunch of beautiful gals just waiting to meet you in a deep sea near you!
View More TGIF: Meet the Ceratioids!WWJCD?
Not that JC, the other one Jacques-Yves Cousteau. His grandson, Philippe Cousteau, Jr., spells out 5 things his grandfather would want you to do.
View More WWJCD?DeepC Wormz R Da Bomb
Or perhaps more appropriately have the bomb. Osborn et al. report in Science seven previously unknown species (0.7 to 3.6 inches) of annelid worms hailing…
View More DeepC Wormz R Da Bomb