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…
Friday Deep-Sea Picture (4/27/07)
This crystal was recovered from the preserved tissue of a bamboo coral collected from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands in the 1850’s. Bamboo corals are deep-sea gorgonians…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (4/27/07)PETM, Volcanoes, and #18 in 25 Things You Should Know
Approximately 55 million years ago it was very bad to be a deep-sea animal. First the ocean temperature was rising. At the surface, temperatures rose…
View More PETM, Volcanoes, and #18 in 25 Things You Should KnowFrom The Desk of Zelnio: Lucernaria janetae
Lucernaria janetae (Cnidaria: Staurozoa: Lucernariidae) Stauromedusae are not entirely uncommon, but not entirely common either. In fact “stalked jellyfish”, as they are sometimes known, are…
View More From The Desk of Zelnio: Lucernaria janetaeThe Perils of the Sea
It appears that the vessel rolled in heavy seas while the chef was slicing food causing a knife to lacerate his abdomen. From iafrica.com
View More The Perils of the SeaSea-turtle marathon winner
Mr. Leatherback reports that we have a winner in the Great Turtle Race. A sea-turtle named Billie made the trek from Coast Rica to the…
View More Sea-turtle marathon winnerThe Fast Get Faster…the slow get slower
In the past, I have made the statement on DSN that there can be no such thing as a sustainable deep-sea fishery. My reasons for…
View More The Fast Get Faster…the slow get slowerRon Jon Should Fund Geologists
Image from surfersvillage.com. Surfer catching wave at Mavericks If you want to know where the good surf spots are sure you could ask your local…
View More Ron Jon Should Fund GeologistsA New Species at a New Vent
A recently-discovered jellyfish has been found at newly discovered vents in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: WHOI Last week while DSN focused on charismatic megafauna with…
View More A New Species at a New VentPoster child for Earth Day?
This Earth Day, remember the deep-sea. The goblin shark (shown here) and the frill shark are two of the rarest and deepest dwelling of sharks.…
View More Poster child for Earth Day?Signing-off on Megavertebrate Week
The core idea behind Megavertebrate Week was to identify neritic species that can be found in the deep sea, in order to make that “deep-sea…
View More Signing-off on Megavertebrate Week