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…
Enter the Kingdom of the Blue Whale
Tonight at 8pm eastern time, National Geographic Channel is premiering its new documentary Kingdom of the Blue Whale. After just previewing it twice this weekend,…
View More Enter the Kingdom of the Blue WhaleNew Carnival of the Blue!
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View More New Carnival of the Blue!Basically How I Feel About a Squidless Watchmen Movie
Like Hitler says, “Its like giving money to a hooker for housecleaning…”
View More Basically How I Feel About a Squidless Watchmen MovieTGIF: Strange Blanket Octopus
This video of a swimming Tremoctopus or “blanket octopus” was shot in the Gulf of Mexico in 180 feet of water at Eugene Island South…
View More TGIF: Strange Blanket OctopusFriday Deep-Sea Picture: New Bamboo
NOAA is reporting that seven new species of bamboo coral in six new genera were recovered from a November 2007 expedition in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: New BambooHow will tuna fare in this economy?
You can’t read a newspaper these days without learning about new repercussions from the global economic downturn. USA Today reported yesterday that college students are…
View More How will tuna fare in this economy?Tips on Consulting for the Marine Sciences
This should be considered an addendum to Craig’s post yesterday, called “So, you want to be a deep-sea biologist“. It assumes you’ve done everything right,…
View More Tips on Consulting for the Marine SciencesFishing banned from Arctic waters
The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council has banned commercial fishing from newly opened Arctic waters created by the receding ice until the impacts of fishing…
View More Fishing banned from Arctic watersIs Sea Sheppard Good or Bad for Sharks?
David from Southern Fried Science has a good post continuing the discussion started by Dr. M here on Deep Sea News. While Dr. M focused…
View More Is Sea Sheppard Good or Bad for Sharks?Circus of the Spineless #36 Up!
Ed, the keeper of the Invertebrate Diaries, has the 36th edition of the Circus of the Spineless up! Head over there straight away for all…
View More Circus of the Spineless #36 Up!