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…
Follow Up to the 1m (3.3ft) Wide Shark Head With 17 Ft (5.2m) of Shark Love To Follow
We asked Jeff Drazen, the exuberant doctor in the video, to pass along his comments about the encounter. The video is credit to Eric Vetter,…
View More Follow Up to the 1m (3.3ft) Wide Shark Head With 17 Ft (5.2m) of Shark Love To FollowTGIF: A Serene Ocean Paddle? + Bonus Feature: Deep Sea News Narcissism
I’m not even going to say anything. I want your jaw to drop just like mine did. Major hat tip to the guys at the…
View More TGIF: A Serene Ocean Paddle? + Bonus Feature: Deep Sea News NarcissismFriday Deep Sea Picture: The Artwork Of Ben Lawson
We came across these wonderful drawings of deep-sea creatures from artist Ben Lawson. He was gracious enough to let us share his drawings and sketches…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture: The Artwork Of Ben LawsonIf My Career As A Deep-Sea Biologist Doesn’t Work Out…
…it looks like I could put my knowledge to use sneaking drugs out of Colombia. In the annals of the drug trade, traffickers have swallowed…
View More If My Career As A Deep-Sea Biologist Doesn’t Work Out…If My Career As A Deep-Sea Biologist Doesn't Work Out…
…it looks like I could put my knowledge to use sneaking drugs out of Colombia. In the annals of the drug trade, traffickers have swallowed…
View More If My Career As A Deep-Sea Biologist Doesn't Work Out…Australia Catches Japan In the Act
Hat tip to John Lynch, where you can find a lively commentary on this issue. “Australia’s government on Thursday released graphic pictures of Japanese hunters…
View More Australia Catches Japan In the ActClimate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Beginning with Victorian science and progressing through the onset of modern deep-sea biology, the dominant paradigm was that the deep sea was a stable ecosystem.…
View More Climate Induced Collapse of Deep-Sea EcosystemsPlastic Trash Lines the Pacific
One of our astute readers pointed us to this piece published in today’s The independent titled The world’s rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches…
View More Plastic Trash Lines the PacificA Meter Wide Shark Head With 17 Feet of Shark Love To Follow
I have to admit after being down in a sub and spending time looking at video feeds from ROV’s, the crazy animals I see from…
View More A Meter Wide Shark Head With 17 Feet of Shark Love To FollowSharks Scare the @#$% out of Seals
How does fear drive a marine food web? That’s right I said fear, as in blood-curdling-scream-I-think-I-just-wet-my-pants fear. Sharks just swim around and intimidate the hell…
View More Sharks Scare the @#$% out of Seals