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Megafauna and Minerals on the Pacific Abyss

This guest post is from Dr. Diva Amon (on Twitter @DivaAmon). Dr. Amon is marine biologist specialising in deep-sea biology, working on a range of environments,…

Abyss Adaptations Ecology New Research Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

More Food, More Species

Dr. M November 11, 2015 biodiversity deep sea Organisms submersible taxonomy Wood Fall

via GIPHY The Notorious B.I.G., Mase, and Puff Daddy understand. Increase one variable in a system and another variable rises en suite. For the B.I.G.…

Ecology Evolution New Research New Species Organisms

When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before

Holly Bik February 26, 2013 cosmopolitan species cryptic species DNA Barcoding molecular phylogeny New Species Organisms Sea Slug

A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. Everyone knows I despise charismatic megafauna (especially dolphins). I will…

Expeditions New Research Organisms

“Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic Waters

Holly Bik January 4, 2013 Antarctica biogeography Genetics genomics invertebrates Organisms scientific cruise scientific expedition Species Diversity

Genomics, Biodiversity, and Antarctica – three of my favourite things! For all you expedition junkies, these three things are exactly the focus of the 2013…

Microbes Organisms

No fish is an island

Alistair Dove March 19, 2012 diversity fish Organisms parasites

Tongue biters have been in my inbox a few times lately. If you’ve managed never to come across these interesting little isopods before, they are…

Conservation & Environment Opinion & Editorial Organisms

The Biodiverse Universe

Kevin Zelnio January 9, 2012 Organisms Science Communication

Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to…

Conservation & Environment New Research Organisms

New Innovative Estimate of Total Marine Species

Archie Teuthis August 30, 2011 Animal Kingdom Catalogue of Life Census of Marine Life CoML Ian Poiner Mark Gibson Organisms Species Accumulation Curve Species Discovery Species Diversity taxonomy World Register of Marine Species WORMS

Mark Gibson is a divemaster, social scientist, and independent writer living in Washington, DC. He can be found blogging at Breaching the Blue. You can…

Conservation & Environment Editor's Desk Environmental Sciences Fishing Natural Disaster Organisms Uncategorized

From the Editor’s Desk: The Environmental Impacts of Tsunamis

Dr. M March 21, 2011 conservation environmental impact Organisms tsumai

On December 26th 2004, a 9.0 earthquake struck off northern Sumatra in Indonesia. This triggered a massive tsunami that affected Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri…

Carnivals & Link Love Climate Change Organisms

Climate Change and the Deep Sea

Dr. M March 21, 2011 climate change deep sea Organisms

Over at Uncharted Atolls there is nice primer on the biodiversity of the deep and climate change. Add it to you “to do” list for…

Ecology Organisms Scientist!

A 21st century view of Marine Biology

Holly Bik March 20, 2011 career computational biology cyberinfrastructure DNA marine biology Organisms sequencing

So you wanna be a marine biologist in the 21st century? Better crack open that MacBook and start writing perl scripts. As part of our…

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