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…
Carnival of the Blue 24
Lots of worthwhile reading at this month’s Carnival of the Blue, hosted by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s SeaNotes. Congratulations are due to Mark Powell on this…
View More Carnival of the Blue 24Deep-Sea News, Now More Fashionable Than Ever
Let’s face it Deep-Sea News is a triple threat of colours, couture and coiffure. Finally, the fashion world is catching on. Of all the planets…
View More Deep-Sea News, Now More Fashionable Than EverBiodiversity Pt. 2: Mmmmm…donuts
Diversity is a matter of area. This is because there is a well-known relationship between species and area, called rather cleverly the species-area curve. You…
View More Biodiversity Pt. 2: Mmmmm…donutsTGIF: Sara Campbell world record free diver
British freediver Sara Campbell, 37, set a new World Record in womens freediving April 4th, 2009. She dove to 96 m with constant weight on…
View More TGIF: Sara Campbell world record free diverTGIF: Autumn Story, a chalk animation
Firekites – AUTUMN STORY – chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo. Somebody needs to make a deep-sea chalk animation with tentacled beasts squiddling around.…
View More TGIF: Autumn Story, a chalk animationKeyword Fun!
Sifting through the keyword analysis, showing what people entered in their search engine to find our website is always lots of fun. I thought I…
View More Keyword Fun!Bionic Penguins Will Wipe Out The Penguin Race
‘Nature demonstrates how maximum performance can be achieved with minimum energy consumption,’ a Festo spokesman said. DON’T DO IT!!!! We’ve all seen Terminator! We know…
View More Bionic Penguins Will Wipe Out The Penguin RaceInteractive mosaic of the Gulf of Mexico
Have you ever seen an interactive mosaic? Its a very modern art form. Harte Research Institute’s (HRI) Dixie Smith made this very image of South…
View More Interactive mosaic of the Gulf of MexicoTurtles Galore!
It has been an unofficial Turtle Week here at Deep Sea News with all the excitement surrounding the Great Turtle Race! The winner has been…
View More Turtles Galore!Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race
Pearl Jam’s “Backspacer” is declared the victor in the Great Turtle Race, the first leatherback sea turtle to arrive in the Caribbean Sea from foraging…
View More Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race