We asked Dr. Douglas J. Long, Senior Curator of Natural Sciences at the Oakland Museum of California to guest post with DSN. Please welcome him in the comments below. He holds a PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California Berkeley, where his research focused on sharks. His current fieldwork utilizes data collected through . . . → Read More: Not Quite the Shark that ate Esteban
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By Dr. M, on  April 16th, 2013  2 comments  Abyss, Biology, Organisms, Scientist!, Sharks  deep sea, Jaguar Shark, life aquatic, species, species description, Steve Zissou, taxnomy By Dr Bik, on March 12th, 2013 One comment Conferences, Education, Life At Sea, New Research deep sea, INDEEP, Newsletter, scientific society Exciting things have been happening in the Deep-sea community these past few years – we’re gaining online momentum! My bookmarks are filling up with more and more links, fueling my lunchtime and late-night procrastination.. Marine scientists and Deep-sea fanatics alike will be keen to keep tabs on some of these resources, which often fly under . . . → Read More: Extra, Extra! Getcha bookmarks ready and keep track of Deep-sea research!
By Dr Bik, on January 18th, 2013 Leave a comment Biology, Education, Pictures and Movies citizen science, deep sea, Research, sci starter, video I know, its Friday. You’re probably staring at the the clock, or worse, stalking people on Facebook. Today, instead of passing on a viral video or irreverent internet meme, I’m going to encourage you to procrastinate FOR SCIENCE! Sci Starter is a directory of citizen science projects around the world – scientists are looking for . . . → Read More: TGIF: Procrastinate, watch deep-sea videos, help science!
By Dr. M, on December 18th, 2012 4 comments Adaptations, Ecology, Fish beetle, deep sea, Diet, fish, food limitation, insect, New Zealand, weevil #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Jock Stewart Dark Ghost Shark Silverside In January 2004, Mathew Jones was processing the bycatch from New Zealand lobster stock assessment. Six fish . . . → Read More: The unusual diet of deep-sea fish
By Dr Bik, on December 3rd, 2012 6 comments Conferences Conference, deep sea, Deepsea Challenge, iphone, James Cameron Deep-sea biology fans can geek out this week by following the proceedings of the 13th Deep-sea Biology Symposium taking place in Wellington, NZ (3-7th December) – the tweets have already begun to roll in under the hashtag #dsbs2012! Word on the street is that there are ~200 deep-sea biologists attending, and the one and only . . . → Read More: Deep-sea researchers convene at #dsbs2012 this week in New Zealand
By Miriam Goldstein, on October 29th, 2012 4 comments New Research Amphipod, cabled observatory, deep sea, Scavenger, sixgill shark, time lapse, VENUS If you haven’t seen the VENUS deep-sea observatory’s pig-in-the-ocean experiments, you’ve been missing out. I saw them present this work at a conference a couple years ago & it is AMAZING. From New Scientist’s writeup: Now a pioneering experiment lead by forensic scientist Gail Anderson from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, is . . . → Read More: In the deep sea, bacon doesn’t last long
By Dr Bik, on October 24th, 2012 5 comments Uncategorized bioinformatics, deep sea, DNA, genomics, Microbes, New Species My fellow Deeplings have been barraging the blog with “Best of” and “Top 10″ lists in recent memory. Now its my turn to chime in. Only…I don’t work with actual animals. I work with DNA sequences. I spent my PhD sitting under the microscope, where I vowed never again! Now I work with gigabyte-sized text . . . → Read More: Top 5 scariest species…from, er, DNA?
By Miriam Goldstein, on September 1st, 2012 2 comments Expeditions Antarctica, Cold Dark Benthos, deep sea, McMurdo, Microbes, scientific expedition, Scripps, Tonga Trench Expedition, Trench Looking for vicarious adventure? Check out two new expedition blogs, both of which are underway right now! The Tonga Trench Expedition team The Tonga Trench Expedition is a Scripps Institution of Oceanography student cruise, led by Scripps graduate student/chief scientist Rosa Leon Zayas. (and if anyone out there is looking for a kick-ass female Latina . . . → Read More: Two new expedition blogs: super deep South Pacific and super cold Antarctica
By Dr. M, on July 6th, 2012 Leave a comment Adaptations, Ecology, Fish, Organisms death, deep sea, fish, Predation, Snail, whelk Like manna from heaven, food from above rains on the deep. Those productive shallow waters full of light, photosynthesis, and food are an extreme contrast to their dark abyssal brethren. With such commodities as nourishment afforded by light absent, any carbon falling to the deep is vital. And more importantly, carbon is never wasted. A . . . → Read More: With a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to dead
By Dr. M, on May 9th, 2012 53 comments Organisms, Plankton Cnidaria, deep sea, Deepstaria enigmatica, gonad, jellyfish, pelagic, ROV Yesterday the DSN crew first saw the video above. What is this large floating sheet of goo? Is it alive? Was it once alive? The two leading contenders seems to be that it is A) an old whale placenta or B) a rare and enigmatic deep-sea jellyfish. And the answer is…. B) A) So . . . → Read More: Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish
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