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…
Sb'ling Bagging
My absence from DSN is soon to come to an end as I head back to California today. Part of my hiatus is due to…
View More Sb'ling BaggingFriday Deep-Sea Picture (9/21/07): Inverts From the Deep Gulf of Mexico
The Johnsen Lab at Duke University has several great high resolution (warning: slow loading) photographs of specimens from the Gulf of Mexico (Brine Pool, Garden…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (9/21/07): Inverts From the Deep Gulf of MexicoTGIF: QM2 Entering San Francisco Bay
A spectacular entrance: The Queen Mary 2 luxury liner made its maiden call to the Port of San Francisco on February 4, 2007. Surrounded by…
View More TGIF: QM2 Entering San Francisco BayWho's your favorite?
I can’t bribe you for your vote for best life science blog without raising questions of impropriety, so instead I will attempt to coerce you with insidious logic and campaign strategery. Look at it this way…
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Hungry For Plastic
CNN as an interesting article on plastic. We now consume around 100 million tons of plastic annually, compared to five million tons in the 1950s…
View More Hungry For PlasticEl Hijo del Santo vs Pirate Who Robbed Turtle Egg in the Ultimate Cage Match
The son of famous Lucha Libre wrestler is tackling enemies of the environment. The aptly name El Hijo del Santo, already a success in the…
View More El Hijo del Santo vs Pirate Who Robbed Turtle Egg in the Ultimate Cage MatchEvolutionary Escalation In Squids and Whales
How do you find squid in the dark depths if you are a toothed whale or dolphin? Lindberg an expert on molluscs and Pyenson an…
View More Evolutionary Escalation In Squids and WhalesMe on TV?
Presumably if you are reading this you enjoy my ramblings about the deep sea. What if you could get more of me? What if I…
View More Me on TV?Important tools of microbiology: Garbage bags by Christina Kellogg
CK in garbage bag darkroom, credit Stéphane HourdezThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy advises that it is always useful to have your own towel. Sea-going…
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