Be worried – us marine scientists are officially taking over the internet. I’m super excited to announce the launch of Deep Sea News on Pinterest. We’re still working out the kinks…and trust us, these new things can get pretty kinky (#TWSS). Bear with us as we build up our visual smorgasbord, and be sure to . . . → Read More: Announcing the DSN Pinterest empire!
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By Dr Bik, on  March 30th, 2013  One comment  Biology, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Gadgets & Gear, Habitats, Organisms, Special  biology, conservation, fish, Giant Squid, physical oceanography, Pinterest, sharks, taxonomy, whales I love St Paddy’s Day. I’m Scots-Irish-Australian, so I never drink (baddum-tish!), but I do like bangers and mash and all things gaelic. In pondering how to celebrate on DSN, I considered a post of green fish, but that was just too easy. Instead, I thought I’d present some fish with Irish patronyms. So off . . . → Read More: The lack of the Irish!
By Dr Bik, on December 27th, 2012 2 comments Gadgets & Gear, Reviews diamonds, earrings, fashion, fish, jellyfish, jewelry, seahorse, shell, Tiffany If any readers out there want to spoil the ladies of DSN with some diamonds, we will gladly accept any of these lovely pieces from Tiffany & Co. (my favourite shop, of course). I just stumbled upon this fabulous collection designed by Jean Schlumberger, who presents a delicious array of jeweled ocean creatures. For a . . . → Read More: Undersea jewelry (and sparkling diamonds) from Tiffany & Co.
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; } Dark Ghost Shark Jock Stewart 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 para_sight, on September 6th, 2012 9 comments Cephalopods, Expeditions, Fish, Life At Sea, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Seamount fish, Michelle Staudinger, New England, Octopus, seamounts, squid I’m delighted to present this guest post from Dr. Michelle Staudinger, a post-doc at the University of Missouri Columbia and stationed at the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center in Reston Virginia. Michelle was a grad student at Stony Brook University while I was an Assistant Prof there another life ago. Thanks Michelle for . . . → Read More: Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear Seamount
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 23rd, 2012 3 comments Education, Opinion & Editorial, Scientist!, Uncategorized biological supply, collection, dissection, fish, hoax, Museum, specimen, theft On May 4th a colleague of mine, Dr. Brian Sidlauskas, curator for the fish collection of Oregon State University, received this email. Respected Prdf. Brian; On most humanitarian ground, would you please be so kind to provide me 25 Preserved MYXINE /EPTATRETUS sps. ;Hag-fish; Size Range 10″-15″ ,7 Petromyzon marinus ,and 15 Sub-Adult of HYDROLAGUS . . . → Read More: Robbing Museums
By para_sight, on March 19th, 2012 10 comments Microbes, Organisms diversity, fish, Organisms, parasites Image: Australian Museum Tongue biters have been in my inbox a few times lately. If you’ve managed never to come across these interesting little isopods before, they are members of a wholly parasitic group called the Cymothoidae. For regular readers of Deep Sea News, you can think about them as smaller versions of Bathynomus, which . . . → Read More: No fish is an island
By para_sight, on December 2nd, 2011 6 comments Adaptations, Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies blennies, fish, Sir David Attenborough Aside from having one of the best common names around, the Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi, a type of über-blenny) has an extraordinary way of defending its territory against competitors. There’s not a lot of sarcasm used though; it’s pretty much straight-up aggression. When one male fringehead starts flapping his trap, I mean, giving him lip, . . . → Read More: TGIF – In Your FACE!
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