The Carpet Dragon Takes Flight
Guest post by Dr. Melissa Betters “They got it!” echoed shouts down the hallways of the Research Vessel Atlantis in Fall 2018. The whole science…
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 WhalesPresumably 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?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…
View More Important tools of microbiology: Garbage bags by Christina KelloggRadiolaria are marine protists that are most abundant in tropical waters. The remains of their beautiful houses can be found on the bottom of the…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (9/14/06)Bacteria…bacteria…bacteria…
View More Do the Bacteria Dance!Move over Angelina Jolie-according to University of Delaware marine biologists, the Pompeii worm is “Earth’s Hottest Animal.” And how could it not be…an invertebrate with…
View More Hottie Alert! by Christina KelloggA garden of healthy, orange-coloured Eunicella verrucosa (sea fans) providing habitat for fish off Plymouth in the UK. Photographer: Sally Sharrock It’s great that you’re…
View More Cold-water Coral Disease By Jason Hall-Spencer & Colin Munn*One of the challenges of doing research in the deep-sea is the expense of getting down there and staying down there long enough (i.e., needing…
View More Microbe Power by Christina KelloggPhotosynthesis, that is. Get your mind out of the gutter! This admittedly sexy anaerobic green sulfur bacterium is capable of photosynthetic growth in the dark…
View More Doing it in the dark by Christina KelloggDiffuse flow vent with microbial mat (white) Metagenomics is a powerful set of research tools, as well as a field of study in its own…
View More Microbial Metagenomic Studies of Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities by Kurt Williamson