Ancient Origins of the Vampire Squid
Delving into the evolutionary past of the enigmatic deep-sea vampire squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, has long been a pursuit shrouded in mystery. However, recent discoveries, such…
How much would you pay to save a lobster? $160 is the amount Chris Crowell and his wife Jyll Prole paid to purchase a lobster…
View More Really Big Lobsters & The People Who Save ThemI am concerned about comments on a few websites and in the press over the last year. Most disheartening is a EU memo entitled “Questions…
View More Boring?…Hardly…Lifeless & Barren?…Not Even CloseTwo major expeditions took place in the last few months. The first explored Celebes Sea south of the Philippines from the surface to a depth…
View More New Expeditions With PicturesFor much of Cindy Lee Van Dover’s professional life, she has been a pioneer…In 1990, she became the first woman with a license to pilot…
View More A Conversation With Cindy Lee Van DoverA seamount is a rocky underwater mountain with more than 1000m relief. Roughly 14,000 exist worldwide. How are they connected? Are they isolated islands, or stepping stones for highly dispersed deep-sea creatures?
View More Seamount biogeographyIf you haven’t heard our Seed overlords are offering $15,000 in matching funds. Seed is also offering some sweet prizes to donors which you can…
View More 2007 DSN Education Fundapalooza Report and Prizes From SeedHat tip to Christina Kellogg.
View More TGIF: Sometimes You Just Gotta DanceImage credit: © 2003 MBARI. Stellamedusa ventana is a recently described species of jelly, the size of softball, from the deep sea. The bumps on…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (10/12/07):What else can you say? More famous people here. More on Captain James Cook here!
View More Lego Captain CookWhen I am diving, I have the tendency to get a little bored. Coral reefs…yeah,yeah…brightly-colored fish…yawn…charismatic invertebrates…ho-hum…sharks, octopods, communing with nature, etc. My dives are…
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