Who knew that a battle between an articulate robotic sampling arm and a colonial organism related to soft corals rooted to the seafloor could be so…
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Some REALLY Damn Good Advice
A few eons ago or so, the renowned Ichthyologist Dr. Milton Love wrote a piece entitled “So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist?” in…
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Five New Delicious (and Fittingly Strong) Cocktails in Honor of Dr. M.
In celebration of success, to savor the beauty of life, or to soften the pitfalls of experiments gone awry, alcohol has always been an integral part…
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Ninja Lanternshark: the New Shark Species You Will Never See Coming
You will never see the Ninja Lanternshark coming, not because it’s dark and elusive, but because you won’t be swimming below 1,000 feet deep off…
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Cephalopods: Masters of W.T.F? – Enough GIFs to Kill a Kraken
With octopus, squid, & cuttlefish, reality is stranger than fiction. Shape-shifting, color-changing, or morphing into a Las Vegas billboard are nothing new for these real-life transformers.…
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In situ wave watching? NO. Blissful matrimony? RUINED. Engagement you’ll never forget? NAILED IT. Yoga? I THINK NOT. Try to appease my wrath? YOUR OFFERING…
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Go home Dinoflagellate, you’re drunk
Sally, one of my lab mates, takes amazing videos of protists under the microscope (she posts these on her Instagram, pondlife_pondlife – go check it…
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The time is upon us. Every image in every post at DSN this week will move. With a crack team of computer hackers, a…
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One of my favorite places in the entirety of the Hawaiian Islands is the Kapoho Tide Pools. Lava flows from Kilauea often reach the ocean. Rapid…
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Stocking hat, toque, beanie. Whatever you call them, nothing will compare to your very own DSN branded one. Imagine a DSN pirate, giant squid, Archie,…
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