Happy Father’s Day!
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Happy Father’s day to all our daddy-readers. Here is a new clip National Geographic on the rare, endangered Knysha seahorse, one of Earth’s great fathers. Hopefully you are spending the day having a great time hanging out your kids. Though I am the only father on the DSN team, we consider Dr. M our blogfather, . . . → Read More: Happy Father’s Day!

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Giant. Freaking. Clams.
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The Glory and the Horror of the Ocean
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Awesome TED talk by National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. Full bio and more links Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Awesome TED talk by National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. Full bio and more links Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Building the Ship’s Brain
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A new National Geographic special on building the world’s largest cruise ship. While I am not much of a fan of cruise ships, ship-building and architecture blow my mind! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}A new National Geographic special on building the world’s largest cruise ship. While I am not much of a fan of cruise ships, ship-building and architecture blow my mind! Broadcast…

“Like Looking into the Face of the Devil” – National Geographic Oil Spill Special
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Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana. An estimated 126 people were aboard the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the explosion. (Photo Credit: © Steadfast TV, Image used with permission by National Geographic). Gulf Oil Spill airs on NGC Thursday, May 27 at . . . → Read More: “Like Looking into the Face of the Devil” – National Geographic Oil Spill Special

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Bioluminescent Break From Oil Spill Coverage
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We have a lot more coverage on Oilmageddon 2010, but we like to maintain our deepness every now and then too! This video was just released on National Geographic’s website! This video corresponds with Edith Widder’s review of bioluminescence in the journal Science published today. Hopefully more on that later. Update: Ralf noted in . . . → Read More: Bioluminescent Break From Oil Spill Coverage

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What’s New With the Dr. M and the Oceans?
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A potential new species of nudibranch (white box) on a bubblegum coral You might have noticed that my posting frequency is down recently.  Why? 1. Kevin Z convinced me to start Tweeting.  There seems to be an inverse relationship to my writing for DSN and posting Tweets.  Previous attempts to integrate our Twitter content into . . . → Read More: What’s New With the Dr. M and the Oceans?

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Crittercam Reveals the Vile Secret Truth of Sea Lions
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This is a travesty. Octopus everywhere are being decimated by these horrible creatures. Thankfully, we have learned the truth through National Geographic’s crittercam. Sadly though, there appears to be a certain bias here… :( Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}This is a travesty. Octopus everywhere are being decimated by these horrible creatures. Thankfully, we have learned the truth through National Geographic’s crittercam. Sadly though, there appears to be a…

11 Ocean Photographers You Should Know
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I was very excited when Pelfusion posted 35 Underwater Photographs That Stand Out. Unfortunately most of the photographs feature models underwater in flowing dresses or pseudocharismatic large cats.  Far less than half of the photographs contain the actual denizens of the sea. What’s up with that? So without further delay, DSN introduces our ten favorite . . . → Read More: 11 Ocean Photographers You Should Know

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Humpback Whale Aerobics
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This is a cool National Geographic video about research done by Duke Marine Lab researchers Ari Friedlander and Pat Halpin. I love the graphical representation of the data they get from the tags showing the whale twisting around on the seafloor. Below the fold is an interview with Ari for PlumTV about marine biology, photography . . . → Read More: Humpback Whale Aerobics

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