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…
Ballard on the Colbert Report
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Robert Ballard Colbert Report Full Episodes Funny Political News Christian Bale Parody Joke of the Day Thats…
View More Ballard on the Colbert ReportEye In The Sea
Wired Magazine has nice write up about the cabled observatory, ECHO, and the Eye in the Sea that I discussed yesterday.
View More Eye In The SeaEye in the Sea
In case you missed it. The first ever deep-sea web cam is up and running. I said the FIRST EVER DEEP-SEA WEB CAM. I don’t…
View More Eye in the SeaSquid Cuts Body of Sexual Partner
Yeah, squids are freaky…real freaky freaks. An article over at Practical Fish Keeping details the work of recent PhD Henk-Jan Hoving. His dissertation makes mine…
View More Squid Cuts Body of Sexual PartnerDeep Sea Creatures Are Super Freaks
A scientific examination of the Tasman Fracture Zone by a group of scientists (including some from CSIRO and the California Institute of Technology) uncovered 274…
View More Deep Sea Creatures Are Super FreaksFinally…
You might have noticed my absence lately. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe you did and just don’t care. I finally arrived in North Carolina (like NC…
View More Finally…National Geographic’s Darwin Day-Palooza!
You are all invited! Make sure to tune in tonight and Tuesday.
View More National Geographic’s Darwin Day-Palooza!Science Book Lovers Meme
David, aka whysharksmatter, at Southern Fried Science tagged me in the latest internet meme to go around: Science Book Lover’s meme. Unfortunately, I’m still living…
View More Science Book Lovers MemeShipwrecked flagship HMS Victory discovered
Reuters reports that artifacts from the 250 year old shipwreck of the British flagship HMS Victory have been recovered. The wreck was discovered by Odyssey…
View More Shipwrecked flagship HMS Victory discoveredSatellite tracked sea turtle swims in Google Ocean
Adelita the Loggerhead migration with Google Ocean from Wallace J. Nichols on Vimeo Adelita was the first loggerhead turtle tracked from Baja California Sur by…
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