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…
Don’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePants
At some point someone had sent me this video as a joke – according the SpongeBob SquarePants, this is what nematodes do in the deep…
View More Don’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePants23 Species Giant Squid or Just 1
As I mentioned before, in 1857 Japetus Steenstrup, a Danish biologist scientifically named several squids and octopods in the shortly titled Hectoctyldannelsen hos Octopodslaegterne Argonauta og…
View More 23 Species Giant Squid or Just 1The Earth’s Largest Ecosystem – in Your Back Pocket
Contributed by Nick Higgs, Adrian Glover & Tammy Horton Today sees the launch of Deep Sea ID, a free app that allows offline access to the…
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Where’s the cream filling?
That’s pretty much the first question I ask myself when starting any sea beastie dissection. Sadly, I have yet to encounter a cream-filled critter, but…
View More Where’s the cream filling?The lack of the Irish!
I love St Paddy’s Day. I’m Scots-Irish-Australian, so I never drink (baddum-tish!), but I do like bangers and mash and all things gaelic. In pondering…
View More The lack of the Irish!A Pee Shanty
There is an ancient nautical proverb commonly passed down from generation to generation amongst members of the diving community. I do believe it goes a…
View More A Pee ShantyMedia hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.
I loves me some metrics. That’s why I’m addicted to this new PLoS ONE paper, published by Trevor Branch at the University of Washington. Also,…
View More Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.This is friggin’ awesome
I have a confession….the musical genius that is “Thrift Shop” IS MY JAM. Yes… I turn it up to an ear shattering decibel EVERYTIME it…
View More This is friggin’ awesomeExtra, Extra! Getcha bookmarks ready and keep track of Deep-sea research!
Exciting things have been happening in the Deep-sea community these past few years – we’re gaining online momentum! My bookmarks are filling up with more…
View More Extra, Extra! Getcha bookmarks ready and keep track of Deep-sea research!So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?
Metagenomics is so easy to understand, right? Scientists just go out and get DNA sequences from…stuff…in the environment. And then they answer lots of questions,…
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