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…
The Deep-Sea Coral That Is Older and More Awesome Than David Caruso
From the deep flanks of the atolls and islands of the tropical Pacific, live corals as old as Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza. At…
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It’s time to geek out over a new global bathymetric data set
Nothing makes my little heart go pitter-patter like a new data set. And the new General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) does not disappoint. Let’s…
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The real Alien vs. Predator is occurring right now in Antarctic waters
In the freezing and dark waters of the Antarctic, two marine species are pitted against each other in a battle of survival. Each of the…
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Six reasons the blanket octopus is my new favorite cephalopod
When I first saw a picture of the blanket octopus I did a double take. I’d never heard of a blanket octopus before, which is surprising given…
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All Walrus. All the time.
It’s Friday and who doesn’t need a little more Walrus in their lives? I certainly do. Streaming live 24-7 from Round Island, Alaska (in the aptly…
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Release the Glaucus!
Aliens? Squishies? Deformed Plastic? Jellyfish? Many descriptors have accompanied the emails, texts, and Facebook messages that have recently flooded my cellular device, all describing one unique…
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Malacology Monthly: Cephalopod Compendium
Even if you don’t care much for marine invertebrates, you gotta love Cephalopods. Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, they have the stylish panache and quirky evolutionary…
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The awkward state of penguin molting
This oddly plumaged penguin appeared in my Antarctic & Arctic Data Consortium 2015 calendar (yes, I have a data calendar) and I needed to know…why on…
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These are a few of my favorite species: Paulasterias mcclaini “McClain’s 6-armed fleshy star”
Today is a very exciting day. Indeed, today is one of the best days ever! The next step in my evil science plans for total…
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Day 1,825
5 years ago today, an explosion in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico lead to one of the worst human-induced environmental disasters in history.…
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