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…
A Tale of One Opening
I was just listening to a podcast about how sea sponges use the pores all over their body to “bring in food and release wastes”…
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The Dive Bombing Birds of Newfoundland
As we enter the last month of 2018, our team is already eager to start a new field season in beautiful #Newfoundland! Here is one…
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You Should Definitely Know about Pufferfish Skeletons
It all started with this Tweet. So, uh, I just learned that this is what a pufferfish skeleton looks like, and I think you all…
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Writings on the SeaWall: Squidtoons
As science communicators, we are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to translate the ramblings of the ivory tower into a relatable and accessible public…
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A Wormy (and Nerdy) Conquest of the Deep
There are all kinds of reasons why Paulo Bonifácio and Lénaïck Menot have nerd clout. There is, of course, the fact that they just described…
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Holothurian Hill
Take a break from the madness of #blackfriday2018 & marvel at these swimming sea cucumbers, seen during recent #Okeanos expedition: https://t.co/HneVxh2JiI pic.twitter.com/MEYO9OKmQb — NOAA…
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Let’s Kill the GRE
Photo: Cpl. Jo Jones [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Background Most of you are probably aware of the GRE or Graduate Record Examination. Those…
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Ribbon Eel Video Roundup
Featured image photo by Jack Follow, Blue Ribbon Eel 6, https://flic.kr/p/gXbbtG. Available by Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Because my other post today is…
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Tipping Points, For-Profit Scientific Publishing, and Closed Science
Was there a tipping point? When had this all started? This uncomfortable sensation in my gut. This nagging thing rolling around inside my head. It…
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Holy Swimming Bats
Fun little fact I learned today. Bats can swim. Behold the majesticness. Hat tip to Lauren Coons on Twitter. Newsflash: 🦇Bats can swim 🦇And are…
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