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…
Why is this boy crying? Because we are only at 25% of what we need to fund three needy classrooms. We can definitely do this!…
View More There Will Be No Future Marine Biologists Without Your DonationFrom USA Today… Hot vents deep in the ocean harbor thousands of previously unknown microorganisms, scientists report. By examining the DNA of microbes taken from…
View More That's A Lot of MicrobesThe National Museum of Natural History now has the station data and original cruise logs from the research vessels Albatross and Blake online. NOAA Ocean…
View More Free Old Oceanography Data Online!Kids pay attention! Oceanography and drugs don’t mix. …a third-year student at UF, was arrested during an Introduction to Oceanography class…for the charges of cocaine…
View More Young Oceanographers Are A Rowdy BunchFrederick “Ted” M. Bayer, 85, a retired Smithsonian curator in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and one of the world’s leading experts on marine invertebrates, passed away earlier today after a long illness on October 2 at Washington Home in Washington, D. C.
View More In memoriam: Dr. Frederick "Ted" BayerWe are slowly creeping toward our $1100 goal. I know from our site stats that we have several hundred returning readers. Now if 100 of…
View More All You Have To Give is $10Jason over at Cephalopodcast has generously donated a copy of The Bioluminescence Coloring Book (with glow-in-the-dark paint!) and the video Marine Bioluminescence: Secret Lights in…
View More More Prizes For Donors…but there is more than one species of bone-eating worm! The genus Osedax (Annedida: Siboglinidae) are common features of dead whale falls and obtain their…
View More I Don't Want to Cause a Panic…I am holding the two beloved Friday features, that I know you all love, for ransom. Unless $100 in donations roll in by late Thursday…
View More TGIF and Friday Deep-Sea Picture Being Held RandsomSo after the first day we already at 5% of our total amount in 2007 DSN Education Fundapalooza. It’s a great start but we have…
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