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…
So, why would an environmental organization pilot a pair of manned submersibles through 2000 feet of water in the two largest submarine canyons in the world? Because it’s going to be a long time before federal agencies are willing to surrender the financing to secure a ship and submersibles. By that time the seafloor could be bottom trawled one hundred times over.
View More Fine. We'll rent a submarine and do it ourselves.The following exclusive interview was conducted by Deep Sea News over email with John Hocevar, ocean specialist for the Greenpeace organization, and a sub-pilot for the 2007 Bering Witness expedition.
View More Interview with a sub-pilot : John HocevarThe following exclusive interview was conducted by Deep Sea news over email with Dr. David Guggenheim, submarine pilot and scientific advisor for the 2007 Bering Witness expedition. He is the founder of 1planet1ocean; and the OceanDoctor blog.
View More Interview with a sub-pilot: David Guggenheim“Welcome to the ugly underbelly of marine science…The author does not condone the behaviors depicted on this website. Marine invertebrates should not use drugs or…
View More When Crabs Go BadThe Corpus Christi Caller Times reported Monday that a record number of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) nests were found this year on South…
View More Sea turtles rebounding in Gulf of MexicoSeafloor mining continues to gain popularity in response to discoveries of diamond beds off Namibia and mineral deposits off Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.…
View More "New Gold Rush" off AfricaThis week’s TGIF video comes from Marine geologist Masaaki Kimura who says he has identified the ruins of a sunken city off the coast of Japan. If you SCUBA dive, you’ll love it. If you don’t, you’ll wish you did. Could this be “another Atlantis”?
View More TGIF: Another AtlantisA microscopic baby octopus was collected in plankton samples from a 2005 expedition to the Sargasso Sea. National Geographic posts more photos at their website…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (08/31/07)Stumbled upon the site Catalogue of Organisms for those with an inordinate fondness for systematics. It’s high on the geek-o-meter which is probably why I…
View More A Little Early Friday Morning Link Love…of ten strangers, picked to be on the same expedition, 5 scientists and 5 evangicals working together to find out what happens, when people stop…
View More This is the true story…