Wood, It’s What’s For Dinner
Figure from Hoyoux et al. Munidopsis andama from a woodfall. Note the spoon shaped claw. A deep-sea crab walks into a pub and asked, ”Where’s the bar tender?” Few deep-sea organisms rely on food...
View ArticleA Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in...
Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor. They range from small fragments to 2000+ pound...
View ArticleDancing Squat Lobsters of the Deep
From former DSN’s own Peter Etnoyer (posts here) comes a great set of deep-sea GIFS. Among the many revelations of recent studies of Gulf of Mexico deep-sea coral beds is that squat lobsters appear to...
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