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…
Ten Simple Rules for Effective Online Outreach
Exciting news for the DSN team! What we do here on this site — our mission and core values — have now been immortalized in the…
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Which way does an octopus crawl? Anyway it wants.
Let’s face it, octopuses are just going to be our cephalopod overlords. They have 8 arms, 3 hearts, Moms eat their own babies so the others…
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Video: Rare sperm whale encounter with deep-sea ROV
“if you’re watching on channel one the super sampler is…THE HECK IS THAT?!” And that is the start of an absolutely breathtaking real life close encounter…
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We are Going to Need a Bigger Helicopter
Working at a National Park results in a fair share of interesting encounters. Take for instance, yesterday when my boss emails me and says, “The Coast…
View More We are Going to Need a Bigger HelicopterCelebrity Wax Sculptures for Snails
Snails taste good. Well snails taste good to crabs. In fact almost every facet of certain snail’s lives is completely dictated by crabs. Crabs regulate…
View More Celebrity Wax Sculptures for SnailsIs Anybody Here a Marine Biologist?
Just a little something to get your Monday started off right.
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Given the choice, corals would prefer oil to dispersant
Just near 6 million liters of oil spilled out of Macondo well in 2010, about 6 supertankers worth of oil. The ramifications of the oil…
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Malacology Monthly: Pilot Episode
Like seashells but are sick of social media? Hate Facebook but need a hearty dose of marine invertebrates? Want a bigger malacological meal rather than…
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Super Colossal
Twelve years ago this month, a super squid was captured. On April 1, 2003, a massive squid was pulled up from the sub-antarctic waters south…
View More Super ColossalThe obnoxiously loud sounds of glaciers melting
No matter where you go in the ocean, there will always be noise. Rain, waves, wind, ice, whales, boats, kraken screams, etc. All these processes…
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