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…
Gigantothermy: Size Matters
by Bryan Wallace for Deep Sea News When you think of cold marine environments, you probably think of blubber-wrapped seals, whales, and walruses, big, furry…
View More Gigantothermy: Size MattersEarth Day fantasy, West Indian Ocean
Oceans: West Indian Ocean The postage stamp left is a free ticket to a stunning West Indian Ocean seascape so rich with coral that it…
View More Earth Day fantasy, West Indian OceanSea Monsters of the Deep
This month’s Science Illustrated discusses how some deep-sea organisms are larger than thier shallow water cousins. The article dicusses the processes that lead to this…
View More Sea Monsters of the DeepWhy I Believe in PLoS One
At the PLoS One Community blog I discuss why I joined PLoS One, believe in the open access mission, and contemplate how we view a…
View More Why I Believe in PLoS OneA pirate’s life for me
BBC News carries an interview with a 25 year old Somali pirate Years ago we used to fish a lot, enough for us to eat…
View More A pirate’s life for meNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Shiver Me Timbers
Again from Gary’s website, Phrase Finder An oath, expressing annoyance or surprise. Robert Louis Stevenson used shiver my timbers several times in the original 1883…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Shiver Me TimbersDeep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtles
An article by Bryan Wallace for Deep Sea News. The deep-sea is as far removed from atmospheric oxygen as anyplace on Earth, but a select…
View More Deep-diving adaptations of Leatherback turtlesSea turtle round-up
We might as well call it Turtle Week at DSN. The Boss suggested we put together a few highlights from DSN stories that rolled out…
View More Sea turtle round-upThe “Leathery Turtle”
This originally posted here during Megavertabrate Week in 2007. I’m reposting it here in honor of the Great Turtle Race of 2009! Good luck turtles!…
View More The “Leathery Turtle”TGIM: See-Through-Shi Fish.
Big hat tip to Katie at DSN’s Barrel-eye fish post. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Craziest F#?king Thing I’ve Ever Heard…
View More TGIM: See-Through-Shi Fish.