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…
“Earth”, Now Equipped with Blow-Out Preventer!
Way back in the day with deep sea drilling they used to just let it all flow out if you know what I mean. Now…
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Way back in the day with deep sea drilling they used to just let it all flow out if you know what I mean. Now…
View More "Earth", Now Equipped with Blow-Out Preventer!On How Non-Cephalopod Mollusks are “Really Cool”
So Kallen over at the Biojournalism blog goes on a diatribe about great Echinoderms are, blah blah blah regeneration blah blah blah pentaradial symmetry. She…
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So Kallen over at the Biojournalism blog goes on a diatribe about great Echinoderms are, blah blah blah regeneration blah blah blah pentaradial symmetry. She…
View More On How Non-Cephalopod Mollusks are "Really Cool"Sea Lions Kill Salmon, Government Kills Sea Lions
CNN.com reports: “Those favoring the removal say the sea lions are damaging salmon runs listed under the Endangered Species Act and protected at great expense.…
View More Sea Lions Kill Salmon, Government Kills Sea LionsCircus of the Spineless
If you can tolerate the obvious Echino-bias, personally it makes me want to puke, the latest Circus of the Spineless is up over at from…
View More Circus of the SpinelessAquariums & Buses Like Peas & Carrots
Why Craig? Why Craig would you be posting about buses? Monterey police are investigating to find out how an empty tourist bus managed to roll…
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Why Craig? Why Craig would you be posting about buses? Monterey police are investigating to find out how an empty tourist bus managed to roll…
View More Aquariums & Buses Like Peas & CarrotsNew Deep-Sea Communities From Whale Poo
A species of holothurian, Pannychia, swarms a whale fecal mound in the abyssal Pacific. When Miriam visited me last week at MBARI, we discussed over…
View More New Deep-Sea Communities From Whale PooOn Clearing Up Your Invertebrate Allegiance
Well it was only a matter of time before Miriam added the tunicates. Let me say that it has become crystal clear to me today…
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