From The Desk of Kevin Zelnio:
Bathymetric image of the Nazare Canyon off the coast of Portugal. Photo courtesy of the BBC. The BBC has released a short news piece on an underwater expedition to the Nazare canyon off of Portugal expedition by their ROV...
Posted on June 19, 2007 8:21 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
aA50 ton bowhead whale was discovered with a 19th century bomb lance fragment lodged between its neck and shoulder the bomb lance fragment was patented in 1879, making the whale between 115-130 years old according to researchers.
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Posted on June 15, 2007 6:38 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The video speaks for itself! Brought to your attention by Kevin Zelnio (Thanks Sue!). This was yesterday's footage from the Florida media outlets....
Posted on June 14, 2007 7:15 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
n 1998, President Clinton enacted Executive Order 13101 for government agencies to reduce waste, recycle and use environmentally friendly and sustainable products including bio-products. Fast forward to 2007 and NOAA has heeded the call to reduce its environmental footprint by replacing petroleum-based fuels and lubricants with bio-based ones
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Posted on June 13, 2007 8:15 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As part of the Gutenberg Project to make available copyright-free (i.e. old) books available in print online, I came across Within the Deep by R. Cadwallader Smith as part of Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series Book VIII. I...
Posted on May 4, 2007 8:57 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Benthobatis marcida (Chordata: Elasmobranchii: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae) "It is a clumsy fish about a yard long, and very ugly. Being too slow to catch its swift prey in fair chase, it stuns them with an electric shock, and then eats...
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Posted on May 3, 2007 12:40 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lucernaria janetae (Cnidaria: Staurozoa: Lucernariidae) Stauromedusae are not entirely uncommon, but not entirely common either. In fact "stalked jellyfish", as they are sometimes known, are very rare in the deep sea and only about 50 species are described (5)....
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Posted on April 26, 2007 9:03 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So you walk into the pet shop, you're looking around at all the little animals and you see a cute little turtle in a freshwater terrarium. You think to yourself "wow, that's really neat, a cute little turtle." What you...
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Posted on April 18, 2007 10:01 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Going on as we speak is an experiment of monumental proportions. It may not seem that way to you sitting in front of your computer this moment, but to a kid in middle or high school I guarantee that...
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Posted on April 12, 2007 3:01 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octipodidae) Octopus are one the most fascinating and intelligent of the invertebrates. Yet, little is known about their role in the deep sea, even less is known from methane seeps of hydrothermal vents! In fact,...
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Posted on April 11, 2007 2:02 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
