The most technologically advanced drillship in the world is not on lovaton in the gulf of mexico or in a Korean shipyard. Actually it’s not even built yet. Meet...

Test your marine geography knowledge with this URI/NOAA map of the World’s Largest Watersheds and Currents. To get you started here are the first three answers: Bearing Bering Sea Gulf...

The New York Times ran a great feature last week: “What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish” Steven Senne/Associated Press Mating calls of the black drum can...

Seven Seas Mariner in Skagway, Ak …not really, the cadence actually sounds more alluring than the job. I’d like to see the old Love Boat series glamorize this position. Come...

The AP tells of an earthquake at 18:05GMT today located at 125 miles north of London England: An earthquake struck Britain early Wednesday and was felt across large parts of...

The Star Tribune points us to a new prehistoric discovery; Remains of a bus-sized prehistoric “monster” reptile found on a remote Arctic island may be a new species never before...

Physics World points us to an article from the most respected journal in science; Nature. They tell us; Every so often mariners report the sighting of a huge wave towering...

Boing Boing and Cryptomundo bring us news of a new species of Killer Whale. Revealing once again how little we know about our oceans’ inhabitants, researchers announced discovery of two...

The University of Washington is embarking on “…a NASA-scale mission to basically enter the Inner Space, and to be there perpetually. What we’re doing is bringing the ocean to the...

Popular mechanics brings us the Trilobis 65 a low cost (relatively) subsea semi-submersible home. They tell us: At first glance, the Trilobis looks as if it would be more at...

Fred Fry focused our attention on Popular Science Magazine which has a story on a new concept to scan containers before they reach our ports. The idea is that of...

Telstar Logistics brings us the scoop on the construction of the new Bay Bridge in San Francisco. They write: We live in a time of many wonders and miracles, and...

Fisherman have discovered thousands of Jumbo Squid off the Southern California coast this week. The site mongabay.com tells us: Thousands of Jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) squid are appearing off the...