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…
Friday Deep Sea Picture 2: Deep Sea Divers of Banksy
Banksy is a prolific street graffiti artist from England who recently made the cover of Science magazine. His work often points out life’s ironies and…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture 2: Deep Sea Divers of BanksyFriday Deep Sea Picture 1: Lophelia in the Gulf
Lophelia pertusa is a framework building scleractinian coral found between 200 – 1000m in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world. Suspension feeding galatheoid…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture 1: Lophelia in the GulfTGIF: Cuttlefish Edition
Guess who is the Encyclopedia of Life’s biodiversity of the week?? The cuttlefish!! Diver: “awww wookit da purdy wittle squidy!” Cuttlefish: “Who you calling a…
View More TGIF: Cuttlefish EditionGiant Squid, Live and In Technicolor!
Teuthologist Dr. Steve O’Shea and Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the colossal squid. Photo credit: Kathrin Bolstad Monster squid hunter extraordinaire Dr. Steve O’Shea will be dissecting giant…
View More Giant Squid, Live and In Technicolor!1.5m Sea Level Rise by 2100
The good news is…more ocean! Svetlana Jevrejeva of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK, says a new, more accurate reconstruction of sea levels over the past…
View More 1.5m Sea Level Rise by 2100Evel Knievel rides again… for the Earth
Did you know that Evel Kneivel was an “Ecodaredevil” before he started jumping cars and canyons? He hitch hiked from Butte, Montana to Washington, D.C.…
View More Evel Knievel rides again… for the EarthCoral Week is ON for April
Mark your calendars for the last few days of April because the tentacles are gonna hit the fan here and across the blogosphere from April…
View More Coral Week is ON for AprilJapan Whalers at 55% Capacity This Year
According to CNN.com, the Nisshin Maru, a japanese whaling ship, returned from the “field season” with only half its intended sample size for its scientific…
View More Japan Whalers at 55% Capacity This YearEarthcast 2008
As part of Earth Day festivities next week, I will be a guest with Karen of the Beagle Project and Rick of Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea…
View More Earthcast 2008Every Kid Needs an Octopus on their Wall
And blik surface graphics has them! Nothing says sweet dreams like an octopus dragging you kids teddy bear to the ocean depths. Hat tip to…
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