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…
Finding Coral sails into the sunset
PhD student Michael Reuscher has been guest posting from the RV Cape Flattery aboard the Finding Coral Expedition, sponsored by the Living Ocean Society in…
View More Finding Coral sails into the sunsetBallard Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Inner Space Commander-in-Chief Dr. Robert D. Ballard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation at their annual dinner on June 9th…
View More Ballard Wins Lifetime Achievement AwardFriday deep-sea picture: Deepworkers find Primnoa
Greg Workman reports in today’s dispatch “A Great Day at the Office” that after a few days searching, the Finding Coral Expedition has … found…
View More Friday deep-sea picture: Deepworkers find PrimnoaRV Cape Flattery Report – June 16, 2009
Michael Reuscher is a PhD student at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and a freshly minted submersible pilot engaged in the Finding Corals Expedition.…
View More RV Cape Flattery Report – June 16, 2009Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: By Guess & By God
An inspired guess From Brian Berlin… An early form of navigation, relying upon experience, intuition and faith.
View More Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: By Guess & By GodRIP Bob Bogle
Chuck from Matt’s Marine Music Medley (a must for the ole RSS!) has informed me that a member of one of my “hero bands”, The…
View More RIP Bob BogleHow Do You Do Mr. Monkfish?
Hat tip to one of my favorite blogs, Ugly Overload. Remember, when you eat monkfish this is the beautiful beastie your unleashing your taste buds…
View More How Do You Do Mr. Monkfish?Scientia Pro Publica
There is a relatively newish carnival out there called Scientia Pro Publica (science for the public). This month the 6th edition is held at Mauka…
View More Scientia Pro Publica5 Questions With Me
The Duke Research site this month features my answers to five questions about ocean biodiversity, body size variation, blue whales, municipal water supplies, giant squids,…
View More 5 Questions With MeHow Did You Get Here?
A common theme in the talks I am attending is how and why species exist/coexist in certain localities. Two more talks today hit on this…
View More How Did You Get Here?