Do NOT F$#% WITH FORAMS. FOR REELZ GUYZ!!1! Skeptic Wonder has a nice article on a how a deep-sea foram lashes out its “legs” to…
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The Slug Song, and more from Dr. Krug the slug drug lug
I first discovered Dr. Pat Krug when he gave a talk at Scripps and revealed that he had named a new species of sea slug…
View More The Slug Song, and more from Dr. Krug the slug drug lugNot Good Enough: Copenhagen Accord May Doom Coral Reefs
When you’re in the biodiversity conservation biz for any significant length of time, you inevitably develop a thick skin to grim pronouncements of ecosystem collapse…
View More Not Good Enough: Copenhagen Accord May Doom Coral ReefsWill Gulf science be compromised by politics?
I’ve officially arrived back in New Hampshire (freezing my tanned little arms off, btw) after my marathon sampling trip in the Gulf, and I’ve been…
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Species do a lot more for us than you might realize. They are not merely coexisting with us on our great journey through life, but…
View More More LinksCongrats to New MacArthur Fellow Dr. Benoit-Bird!
One of 23 MacArthur “Genius” grant recipients this year! Way to go Marine Science! Benoit-Bird, 34, studies the interrelationships of animals in different marine environments,…
View More Congrats to New MacArthur Fellow Dr. Benoit-Bird!Linkopus hispidus
Beautiful photos, a none other than National Geographic of course, of a new species of fiery sea slug that lays lacy egg cases. Kind of…
View More Linkopus hispidusAdorable ocean outreach and more from CalEchoes
A student-led cruise is off central California right now, seeking records of the ancient California Current in the Santa Barbara basin’s famously layered mud. The…
View More Adorable ocean outreach and more from CalEchoesHypocrites
Sure we’ll protect deep-sea fishes…uuhhh we changed our mind The meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, which concluded today, left conservation organizations disappointed with…
View More HypocritesBan on deep-sea drilling rejected
What could go wrong? O’ wait… European coastal nations have agreed to review rules for offshore drilling, but said each country should decide individually on…
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