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…
Deep corals are old as the hills, archives of climate change
The coelenterates, corals and their relatives, are very ancient, and in fact may be the oldest metazoans. Proterozoic burrows preserved in the Mackenzie Mountains of Northwest Canada were probably made by animals resembling cerianthid anemones, and are about one billion years old.
View More Deep corals are old as the hills, archives of climate changeCircus of the Spineless Reminder
Just a friendly reminder that Deep Sea News will play host to the Circus of the Spineless this month. Due to the excitement here at…
View More Circus of the Spineless ReminderCoral Week Deep Sea Ditty – Reef City
Reef City is sung to Sin City by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, a favorite song (and artists) of mine. Deep and shallow reefs alike…
View More Coral Week Deep Sea Ditty – Reef CityMonk seals dig deep-corals, so we should, too
One of the challenges of deep coral research is convincing people that deep corals form habitat for other animals, animals of particular concern, like fish…
View More Monk seals dig deep-corals, so we should, tooStitchin’ Fish is knittin’ coral
Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) never looked so… cuddly. It’s amazing. Who would believe someone could knit a sea fan and do it so well? Ecology…
View More Stitchin’ Fish is knittin’ coralStitchin' Fish is knittin' coral
Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) never looked so… cuddly. It’s amazing. Who would believe someone could knit a sea fan and do it so well? Ecology…
View More Stitchin' Fish is knittin' coralYou Should Love Corals Because
Worldwide, corals generate $9.6 billion per year in money
View More You Should Love Corals BecauseCoral Woodcuts and Engravings
Cephalopodcast points to the Florida Center for Instructional Technology website that has several beautiful illustrations for education use. Preeetttttyyyy.
View More Coral Woodcuts and EngravingsDeep-sea corals have complex microbial assemblages, just like shallow corals
This is the second in a series of five referenced articles about shared characteristics between deep and shallow water corals Special guest post by Christina…
View More Deep-sea corals have complex microbial assemblages, just like shallow coralsGlobal hotspots of deep coral diversity
One of the central questions in marine biogeography asks “why are there more species of fish and coral in the Indo-Pacific than anywhere else in the world?”
View More Global hotspots of deep coral diversity