Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a rainbow of Sharpie colors. Each cup is ...

A new species of deep-sea cucumber has over 100 feet in alternating two or three rows. This means of course that when it plays the This Little Piggy nursery rhyme it needs to repeat it 25 times. The ...

An expedition led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has revealed World War II military weaponry scattered across the seafloor in extensive dumping sites off the coast of Los ...

In the vast realm of gastropods, there exists a group often overshadowed and sometimes even ignored: the parasites. These creatures, which I’ve enthusiastically delved into in my previous research, ...

Earlier this year I warned that The Ocean Cleanup would catch and kill floating marine life. This week they announced they’re collecting plastic, and their picture shows HUNDREDS of floating animals ...

noun: work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value. verb: waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects. The end of 2018 was tough for the ...

It all started with this Tweet. So, uh, I just learned that this is what a pufferfish skeleton looks like, and I think you all should know too pic.twitter.com ...

I’ll be the first to admit I know very little about birds. Looking at a checklist of birds of Newfoundland, and knowing the impressiveness of gannets diving, I am wondering if these are northern ...

There are all kinds of reasons why Paulo Bonifácio and Lénaïck Menot have nerd clout. There is, of course, the fact that they just described and named 17 new species of polychaete worm. That is 17 new ...

Image captured from a video camera mounted on underwater remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts on dive number 304. Photo courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Nearly two miles ...

Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark, at a magnificent maximum length of 18 meters (59 feet), to ever have dwelled in the oceans. We know primarily about Megalodon’s existence ...

David Cassidy, 70’s heartthrob and star of The Partridge Family, died today at age 67. In November of 1970, his hit song, “I Think I love You,” was everywhere on AM radio. It’s one of the first hit ...