Unlike their Echinoderm brethren, brittle stars do not move along on tube feet that can propel them in any direction. Instead, brittle stars ‘walk’. This…
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A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts
Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor.…
View More A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five ActsTGIF – the coral triangle, a-capella style!
From the Barber lab at UCLA comes this awesome video. Not only can they sing better than most biologists, but the lyrics are great! I…
View More TGIF – the coral triangle, a-capella style!Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular System
Echinoderms are one of the most highly derived groups of animals with many species as significant components of several marine communities. They’re classified by…
View More Veins of Water: The Evolution of the Echinoderm Water-Vascular SystemWhat knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets
We as humans have three fundamental questions. Where do we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone in the universe? The answers to…
View More What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planetsWhat’s In Your Stomach?
With Mardi Gras recently passing, I was privileged to partake of a King Cake graciously offered by a coworker. Originally European in tradition, the riche…
View More What’s In Your Stomach?Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4 Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4 Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4
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View More Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4 Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4 Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant
In 1899 a French zoologist named Edouard Chevreux with an inordinate fondness for crustaceans officially described two crustaceans from the deepest parts of the ocean.…
View More The Large But Enigmatic SupergiantI hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome
I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE…
View More I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesomeTo see the world in a grain of sand – movement from a turtle hatchling’s perspective
[This is a repost originally published at my old blog, DeepTypeFlow] A grain of sand represents many things to a baby turtle. While still within…
View More To see the world in a grain of sand – movement from a turtle hatchling’s perspective