Octopi Wall Street!
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This lovely piece of art, by graduate students Laurel Hiebert and Kira Treibergs with artwork by Marley Jarvis, made the rounds last week. We are thrilled to have been given permission to post it on Deep Sea News! This design is now available as t-shirts and totebags, with proceeds to benefit the Oregon Institute … . . . → Read More: Octopi Wall Street!

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Clearly I Need to Rethink My Business Cards
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Redditor burt_flaxton writes: “Friend’s Father Died – They found these after. He must have handed them out to the women at bars.” In related news, the Most Interesting Man In The World is dead. From the Daily What   . . . → Read More: Clearly I Need to Rethink My Business Cards

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Holy Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literature
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An e-mail just made me shout a barrage of expletives. In a good way. Some poor intern at Marine Science Review is probably wailing in the hospital, clenching his eye sockets in pain after trawling Google Scholar for 3 days straight. The science division at Sea Web have put together what looks to be the … . . . → Read More: Holy Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literature

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Surfer Garrett McNamara Sets World Record Riding 90 Foot Wave
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Sure, it was a tow-in… but DAMN! LIKE.A.BOSS! . . . → Read More: Surfer Garrett McNamara Sets World Record Riding 90 Foot Wave

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Dr. M and Miriam swim with manta rays & whale sharks in world’s biggest tank
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Dr. Al aka para_sight: “Hey, while you’re visiting Georgia Aquarium for the Deep Sea News retreat, I can offer you the opportunity to dive in the Ocean Voyager exhibit, which is our (and the world’s) biggest tank, featuring 4 whale sharks, 4 manta rays and about 8,000 other sharks and fishes.” Dr. M  & I: … . . . → Read More: Dr. M and Miriam swim with manta rays & whale sharks in world’s biggest tank

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Wednesday Morning Murmuration
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Brandon Keim has the science behind this awesome video is over at Wired Science. Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo. . . . → Read More: Wednesday Morning Murmuration

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The Underwater Realm
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Found out about this interesting new project from a reader (thanks Mark!) who left the link at our Facebook page. The Underwater Realm appears to be a set of 5 movies, each highlighting a specific point in history where humans made contact with an underwater civilization. This seems really interesting cause they beyond the … . . . → Read More: The Underwater Realm

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From the Editor’s Desk: The Future of Deep-Sea News
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If they know it, they will love it. If they love it, they will protect it. My wife, with over a decade of nonprofit experience, spoke those words to me six years ago .  She was describing how she viewed what I was striving for with Deep-Sea News. Those words still ring true to me. You … . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Future of Deep-Sea News

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Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination
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If you’ve been out of touch for a while lately and haven’t immediately grokked what this post is about from the title, it concerns a surprising recent find by a Mexican fisherman of a very special little shark.  Enrique Lucero León was fishing in the Gulf of California and caught himself a pregnant dusky … . . . → Read More: Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination

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National Geographic on Capturing Bioluminescence on Camera
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Despite the “hunting the giant squid” theme, there is some really cool footage here. some of it I haven’t seen before. . . . → Read More: National Geographic on Capturing Bioluminescence on Camera

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