While we here at Deep Sea News utterly disliked the Discovery Channel fiction-presented-as-fact documentary “Megalodon” we couldn’t help but love SyFy’s “fiction-presented-as-campy-AWESOME” that was Sharknado.…
View More Recipe for a SharknadoMonth: August 2013
Sharks are overrated, lets talk about their microbiome
Yes, like humans (all other animals on Earth), sharks have a gut microbiome too. Everyone’s just been way too busy talking about all that Megalodon…
View More Sharks are overrated, lets talk about their microbiomeIt’s Shark Week…Let Us Drink!
At DSN we believe in 100% actual science 100% of the time. 250-50% of the time we like to mix in cocktails. So to help…
View More It’s Shark Week…Let Us Drink!Five things about sharks you probably won’t see on TV this week
There have been a lot of tweets, blog words, column inches and TV time devoted in the last few days to the notion that Discovery’s…
View More Five things about sharks you probably won’t see on TV this weekMegalodon…phhh…most sharks are Microlodons.
A year ago, I jumped off the side of a perfectly good boat. Infinite water hides the land to the west and the ocean floor…
View More Megalodon…phhh…most sharks are Microlodons.
Why I Still Watch Shark Week
The other day I received a slightly disconcerting text message from my cousin regarding Shark Week. She has two young kids one age 6 and…
View More Why I Still Watch Shark WeekThe Real Shark Week: Diving in with oceanic whitetips
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week kicked off with a *fake* documentary about sharks, and under normal circumstances this would sink me into a big blue pit of bummer.…
View More The Real Shark Week: Diving in with oceanic whitetipsLike Shark Week, But with Actual Facts
Ed Yong inspires me. It’s Shark Week, and the Discovery Channel have already jumped the shark with a fake documentary, asking if a giant prehistoric…
View More Like Shark Week, But with Actual FactsReese’s Cups, Octopus Urine, Prehistoric Giant Marine Reptiles, and Parasite Sex
Scientists currently know of 112 species who’s preferred habitat is the renal sac of a cephalopod. Actually, each species prefers a different kind of cephalopod—Broadclub…
View More Reese’s Cups, Octopus Urine, Prehistoric Giant Marine Reptiles, and Parasite SexThe 60 foot long jet powered animal you’ve probably never heard of
I was living in Africa the first time I saw a pyrosome, and I nearly cried. I was doing research on plankton, which meant long…
View More The 60 foot long jet powered animal you’ve probably never heard of