Here’s a quiz for you kids. Which of the habitats above possesses the most microbes? A. Fresh Volcanic Basalt on the seafloor, B. Sargasso Sea…
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Brittlestar City: The Video
Brittlestar City
On a seamount near Macquarie Ridge lies a city several kilometers down. No mermaids, merman, or Snorkels reside here. Rather millions of brittlestars, living arm…
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Bubblegum trees and red tree coral from Georges Bank Nova Scotia.
View More Deep Coral Grove VideoMeet Bowie, Canada’s Newest MPA!
Bowie Seamount, Canada’s newest Marine Protected Area. OTTAWA (AFP) — An underwater volcanic mountain teaming with ocean life off Canada’s Pacific Coast has been added…
View More Meet Bowie, Canada’s Newest MPA!Meet Bowie, Canada's Newest MPA!
Bowie Seamount, Canada’s newest Marine Protected Area. OTTAWA (AFP) — An underwater volcanic mountain teaming with ocean life off Canada’s Pacific Coast has been added…
View More Meet Bowie, Canada's Newest MPA!Hydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies Discovered
Researchers have been very concerned about the paucity of females of Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis, an octopus inhabiting the hydrothermal vent community of the Eastern Pacific Rise.…
View More Hydrothermal Vent Octopus Ladies DiscoveredFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Blob Sculpin
A Blob Sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus) from Davidson Seamount. Image from MBARI.
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Blob SculpinTGIF: Davidson Seamount
New Deep-Sea Communities From Whale Poo
A species of holothurian, Pannychia, swarms a whale fecal mound in the abyssal Pacific. When Miriam visited me last week at MBARI, we discussed over…
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