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…
So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist?
In the past, a few readers, interns, random undergraduates, and a curious public have asked all three of us here at DSN “How do you…
View More So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist?Octopus Prankster
LOL those octopuses, always the jokesters of the aquarium. This latest prank by a meddlesome octopod in a southern California aquarium will be the talk…
View More Octopus PranksterTGIF: Penguins Speak Out On Global Warming
Totally NSFW!
View More TGIF: Penguins Speak Out On Global WarmingMBARI YouTube Channel
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently unleashed their new YouTube Channel. Of course it features Macropinna but you can also see Humboldt squid. A…
View More MBARI YouTube ChannelSea Shepard: Only Making Matters Worse
In looking over Swimming With Sharks, I came across this video of Sea Shepard ramming a Japanese whaling ship. Appalled is the best word I…
View More Sea Shepard: Only Making Matters WorseThe Great Darwin Beard Challenge: Week 2
The Great Darwin Beard Challenge Week 2 is hosted at Southern Fried Science!
View More The Great Darwin Beard Challenge: Week 2TGIF: Wallpaper Alert
National Geographic is advertising “Into the Abyss” with a website that includes some sweet pelagic wallpaper, like this Atolla sp. medusa that now adorns my…
View More TGIF: Wallpaper AlertMartin Wells
It is with great sadness that I post this from the Other 95%… I received the sad news today that Martin Wells, imminent biologist, one…
View More Martin WellsWanna Be A Mermaid?
From CNET… Good: double amputee gets prosthetic legs so she can walk. Better: double amputee gets realistic-looking mermaid tail so she can swim. Awesome: it’s…
View More Wanna Be A Mermaid?Another Atlantis discovered on YouTube
Having ignored the myriad blog postings about people using Google Earth’s new ocean layer to discover Atlantis, and tracking about 20 different ridiculous stories, I…
View More Another Atlantis discovered on YouTube