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…
The Origins of Hairy Crabs
Everyone’s favorite crabs are back in the news! Yeti Crabs! Those deep-sea beasties with hairy claws or chests! A new paper in Proceedings B led…
View More The Origins of Hairy CrabsDeep sea mineral LOWERS high blood pressure
…so the spam email I just received states. I just love getting spam emails. I particularly love getting emails about healthcare products. I seem to be getting a…
View More Deep sea mineral LOWERS high blood pressureAll hail! Bacteria that control their squid overlords
Squid typically aren’t my thing, but I can certainly be wooed by their microbes. Example: the very awesome symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid,…
View More All hail! Bacteria that control their squid overlordsFor World Oceans Day: the Deepsea Challenger
Happy World Oceans Day folks! The theme for this years WOD is “We all have the power to protect the oceans” and there are events…
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TGIF: Well if the glass slipper fits…
Now I have seen my fair share of utterly fabulous hermit crab shells, but this specific fashion choice takes the cake. We are talking along…
View More TGIF: Well if the glass slipper fits…The erection of a new research vessel! Even cooler than what you are thinking…
While ghost ships may still haunt the Bermuda Triangle, real research ships have a finite life. Fortunately, we can build more! This is just what…
View More The erection of a new research vessel! Even cooler than what you are thinking…Video of an Oarfish in the Wild
Of all bony fish, the oarfish, Regalecus glesne, is the longest. It is suggested that oarfish can reach up to 15 meters (49 feet) in…
View More Video of an Oarfish in the WildTrash In The Deep Sea
Out of sight out of mind is the typical culture with regard to the deep seas. How can something so far away and so isolated…
View More Trash In The Deep SeaAn overfishing story told by bird collagen
Meet The Hawaiian Petrel (or ʻUaʻu or Pterodroma sandwichensis) a bird species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands but with an appetite causing it to dine on…
View More An overfishing story told by bird collagenHow to Secure Cargo on the Deck of a Ship
Pretty much the opposite of the above. Whenever I see this I am reminded of the saying. “I gave you one job…”
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