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…
Totally Sweet New Technology
In brand spankin’ new and cool technology news…The Navy just replaced the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) program as the primary deep-sea rescue asset with the…
View More Totally Sweet New TechnologyProtection For Deep-Sea Fish
On one hand you have the The Conservation Law Foundation asking the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to list the Atlantic wolffish under the Endangered…
View More Protection For Deep-Sea FishGot your freaky right here
by Peter Etnoyer When it comes to freaky, size matters. The red-eyed gaper Chaunax pictus (shown above) didn’t make the grade for freaky fish…
View More Got your freaky right hereFreaky Fish Contest
Ocean conservation group Oceana announces their online contest for the Freakiest Fish of 2008. All the nominees are for the most part deep sea but…
View More Freaky Fish ContestWave Snakes
2100 tons of steel were put in the ocean 3 miles off Portugal yesterday. Don’t worry this is a good thing. Three steel snakes, each…
View More Wave SnakesAccretionary Wedge #13: Geology in Spaaaaaaace!
The latest edition of the Accretionary Wedge is up and running at GoodSchist! It is a carnival highlighting some of the month’s excellent blog entries…
View More Accretionary Wedge #13: Geology in Spaaaaaaace!Echinoderm Weirdness Extreme
Chris at Echinoblog has Part 1 of Xyloplax Chronicles up. For those who don’t know Xyloplax are some of the strangest wee-beasties to inhabit the…
View More Echinoderm Weirdness ExtremeNew Hall of the Oceans at the Smithsonian
by Peter Etnoyer If you live in Washington DC, or plan to visit within the next 30 years, you’ll have to make time to visit…
View More New Hall of the Oceans at the SmithsonianPeter Went to Sea and All I Got Was Pretty Pictures
As you know, one-third of Deep Sea News is out on the great wide blue that is the Gulf of Mexico. Peter has been gracious…
View More Peter Went to Sea and All I Got Was Pretty PicturesWhole Lot of Love
The love is in deep-sea mud. Maybe you didn’t know this. Now you do. Trust me, I’m an expert. As much as it pains me…
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