The Fantastical Beasts of the Deep Gulf of Mexico
I recently returned from nearly two weeks at sea with a motley and intrepid crew exploring the Gulf of...
Tag: deep sea
A Decade of Deep Sea Decadence
Today is legendary! Why, you ask? Well, we are celebrating TEN YEARS of DSN posts. That’s right –...
Craig With Big Things (and Small Things)
I have a confession. I am obsessed with ridiculously large and small things. While other children impatiently anticipated toys...
Megafauna and Minerals on the Pacific Abyss
This guest post is from Dr. Diva Amon (on Twitter @DivaAmon). Dr. Amon is marine biologist specialising in deep-sea biology,...
Malacology Monthly: Going Deep
Sub-Neritic Gentrification For November we will be doing some deep thinking about deep-sea mollusks in an attempt to understand...
Ninja Lanternshark: the New Shark Species You Will Never See Coming
You will never see the Ninja Lanternshark coming, not because it’s dark and elusive, but because you won’t be...
More Food, More Species
via GIPHY The Notorious B.I.G., Mase, and Puff Daddy understand. Increase one variable in a system and another variable...
An Unexpected Surprise in My Mail
When Andrew Thaler (@SFriedScientist) asked me for my home address a few days ago, I was…well…concerned. I have the...
Given the choice, corals would prefer oil to dispersant
Just near 6 million liters of oil spilled out of Macondo well in 2010, about 6 supertankers worth of...
Super Colossal
Twelve years ago this month, a super squid was captured. On April 1, 2003, a massive squid was pulled...