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…
When Spider Crabs Meet Subs
The following is a cartoon drawn by the boson of the R/V Ronald H. Brown.
View More When Spider Crabs Meet SubsAnother Blow to Sea Cucumbers and a New Challenger to the Ring
Ed Yong over at Not Exactly Rocket Science ha an awesome post highlighting recent research on the unique vision of mantis shrimps. At the end…
View More Another Blow to Sea Cucumbers and a New Challenger to the RingOn How Mollusks are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 3: The Radula
In general, among Mollusks, the mouth opens into a buccal cavity. In most classes of Mollusks, the buccal cavity contains a tongue called the odontophore.…
View More On How Mollusks are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 3: The RadulaOn How Molluscs are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 2
Don’t get me wrong this is pretty freakin’ sweet, but echinoderms are not the only large Antarctic sea creatures. But this is way cooler… That…
View More On How Molluscs are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 2Red Hot Sponge Reproduction
Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Beautiful Soft Bottom
More from Deepscape… Image 61 of sandy sediments at 970m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel with stalked glass sponges (white spots top), an unidentified fish, and…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Beautiful Soft BottomDealers Smuggle Drugs Using Semi-Subs
CNN reports: “Although the vessels were once viewed as a quirky sideshow in the drug war, they are becoming faster, more seaworthy, and capable of…
View More Dealers Smuggle Drugs Using Semi-SubsOn Clearing Up The Matter That Mollusks Are Better Than Echinoderms
Sheril over at The Intersection seems to be confused about what the coolest invertebrate is. She goes so far as to call out PZ about…
View More On Clearing Up The Matter That Mollusks Are Better Than EchinodermsAnother reason not to work with vertebrates…
From CNN… A woman sunbathing on a boat died after a stingray leaped from the water off the Florida Keys on Thursday and struck her,…
View More Another reason not to work with vertebrates…On Bottled Water
I think this graphic illustrates Craig’s last Just One Thing Challenge. Hat tip to Gear Junkie’s Daily Dose blog via GT.
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