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…
Every since I worked at wine merchant in Natick, MA to pay for my tiny apartment during graduate school, I have enjoyed Italian wines. My…
View More Wine and WhalesIn celebration of IPY, the Canadian Post has released a set of stamps (above). One of these is the polar, deep-sea jellyfish, Crossota millsaeare. The…
View More IPY StampsSecrets of the Gulf Expedition is broadcasting live footage of submersible surveys at 100m depth around the Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico.…
View More Live from the Gulf of Mexico#17! The question posed by a reader was just too good not to include the series. What’s the current take on a deep-sea origin of…
View More 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #17 Vent May Be the Womb of LifeI was slow to transition to Sb. Why? It was all the advertising that occurs on the pages (although much less than other sites). Those…
View More Finally an Ad That Doesn’t Make Me Cringe.I was slow to transition to Sb. Why? It was all the advertising that occurs on the pages (although much less than other sites). Those…
View More Finally an Ad That Doesn't Make Me Cringe.Picture from IPY website, Elephant Foot Glacier From March 2007 to March 2009, grab your parka because it is International Polar Year(s). The organization of…
View More International Polar YearFrom MBARI: When MBARI researchers explore the seafloor below 1,000 meters, the most common fishes they see are rattail fish such as this Coryphaenoides acrolepis,…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (03/02/07)The picture is of DEPTHX. It weighs about 1.2 tons, shaped like a mushroom, and navigate itself into your bedroom. Just kidding. No not really. …
View More Cool New GadgetryThat’s right, its a giant squid ready to eat the ivory-billed woodpecker! It is this years poster for the True/False Film Festival.
View More Bird’s Taste Good!