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…
First Stills of the Giant Squid
As I mentioned before, Discovery Channel announced the capture of a live Architeuthis dux, aka the Giant Squid, on video. In the last couple of days, the first stills from…
View More First Stills of the Giant SquidTides, Ice, and Mussels: The science behind the harvest
If you haven’t seen this video, than you must! It is an amazing intersection of human adaptation with oceanic phenomena, in this case the Inuit…
View More Tides, Ice, and Mussels: The science behind the harvest“Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic Waters
Genomics, Biodiversity, and Antarctica – three of my favourite things! For all you expedition junkies, these three things are exactly the focus of the 2013…
View More “Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic WatersThese Are a Few of My Favorite Posts
I hate the barrage of the annual “best of” posts recapping everything from the last year that always besets us in late December and early January.…
View More These Are a Few of My Favorite PostsMystery Sheen Near Deep Water Horizon Site
In September an oil sheen about four miles long had appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the Deep Water Horizon well site. The sheen was…
View More Mystery Sheen Near Deep Water Horizon SiteGrumpy Octopus Coffee Cup Cozy
Who wants to crochet these for us in DSN giant squid red? Grumpy Octopus Coffee Cup Cozy via Neatorama.
View More Grumpy Octopus Coffee Cup CozyTrue Facts and a Haiku About the Angler Fish
Love this video about angler fish. Just the right amount of laughter and science this new ear needs! Of course our favorite at DSN is…
View More True Facts and a Haiku About the Angler FishUndersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co.
If any readers out there want to spoil the ladies of DSN with some diamonds, we will gladly accept any of these lovely pieces from…
View More Undersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co.If only fish had breasts
I’m no expert on vertebrates but I do remember somewhere in my undergraduate learning that a distinguishing feature of mammals was the mammary glands. Those…
View More If only fish had breastsBy trying to look sexier you may be ruining sex for corals.
You might be surprised to learn that an ingredient in some skin crèmes is coral, or more accurately coral extract. More specifically, Pseudopterosin A is…
View More By trying to look sexier you may be ruining sex for corals.