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…
4th Deep-Sea Coral Symposium accepting abstracts
Deep-sea corals bring people together. Geologists, ecologists, taxonomists, managers and climatologists all get a kick out of our heartless, brainless, colonial friends. So, we get…
View More 4th Deep-Sea Coral Symposium accepting abstractsDivers rescued from Komodo dragons
A group of five European recreational divers separated from their dive boat in Komodo National Park, Indonesia later came ashore on a nearby island only…
View More Divers rescued from Komodo dragonsTGIF: GODAC deep-sea video database
The Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) has a webpage of favorite deep-sea videos from the Japanese Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) with…
View More TGIF: GODAC deep-sea video databaseFriday Deep-Sea Picture (06/06/08)
The deep-sea cup coral Flabellum deludens Marenzeller 1904, from the Philippines between 200 – 700 m depth. More here at the Ocean Biogeographic Information System.
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (06/06/08)Deep Sea Ditties #3: Drinking and Sailing
Being a marine biologist is a tough occupation. Long stretches out at sea, weeks at end, with nothing but memories to accompany you. This song…
View More Deep Sea Ditties #3: Drinking and SailingCan speed limits protect right whales?
Ship strikes are a common source of mortality for right whales and humpbacks in the North Atlantic. CNN runs a story on how a plan…
View More Can speed limits protect right whales?LOL OSHUNZ
I believe the mighty Mark Powell is to blame for this. But what can you do but join them?
View More LOL OSHUNZHow deep is your love for the Caribbean?
You have to respect The Nature Conservancy (TNC) because they put their money where there mouth is. While some other organizations have a tendency to…
View More How deep is your love for the Caribbean?Pacific Supreme is Neither Pacific or Supreme
All the writing about the Big 3, fueled an appetite for salmon. I thought what better way to start off every day this week with…
View More Pacific Supreme is Neither Pacific or SupremeAnother Chordate, Another PhD
Congratulations to I’m a Chordata, Urochordata man, Dr. Byrnes!! He just turned in his signed PhD dissertation. Thats really awesome and I can’t wait for…
View More Another Chordate, Another PhD