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 Deeplings at Science Online
A shoal of Deeplings will be attending this week’s Science Online conference in North Carolina. If you’ll be there, come say hi to Craig, Al,…
View More The Deeplings at Science OnlineGiant Squid Linkfest
To get you prepped for the large unleashing of Discovery Channel’s Looking for the Giant Squid this Sunday below is all the required reading. First…
View More Giant Squid LinkfestA field guide to privilege in marine science: some reasons why we lack diversity
After I successfully defended my Ph.D., and as I and packed up my belongings to move across the country for a new job (more on…
View More A field guide to privilege in marine science: some reasons why we lack diversityThe Astrolabe Molluscs
One of my favorite blogs BiblioOdyssessy which features illustrations from historical texts has post today containing hand-coloured illustrations of molluscs and other invertebrates collected during…
View More The Astrolabe MolluscsHow to hold the entire ocean in your hands
Got global bathymetric data? Check? Got a 3D printer? Check. Then you can make yourself a model of the ocean that you can hold in…
View More How to hold the entire ocean in your handsDisco Scallops Know How to Boogie Even if They Aren’t Scallops
In the videos above and below you see the Electric Flame Scallop, also called the Disco Scallop. Technically its not a scallop. Its not in…
View More Disco Scallops Know How to Boogie Even if They Aren’t ScallopsSperm Whales Be Messing With My Robot
An very large and unlikely visitor happens by during ROV operations. My favorite part is when you can see the tether, linking the ROV to…
View More Sperm Whales Be Messing With My RobotCloaking Klingon Cephalopods
The Klingon Bird of Preys were first introduced in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Two classes existed, the B’rel-class and the K’Vort-class, roughly scout and light cruiser…
View More Cloaking Klingon CephalopodsSunday song: Little Octopus Climbing Over Rock
The Deeplings have been fans of Parry Gripp ever since his smash hit “Lazy Harp Seal Has No Job.” Now, Parry brings us “Little Octopus…
View More Sunday song: Little Octopus Climbing Over RockTGIF: Procrastinate, watch deep-sea videos, help science!
I know, its Friday. You’re probably staring at the the clock, or worse, stalking people on Facebook. Today, instead of passing on a viral video or…
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