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Author: Douglas Long

I was one of those kids who loved nature and dreamed of being the globe-trotting host of a nature show, but as a grown-up I make a living by teaching undergraduate students at St. Mary's College of California, and conducting research at the California Academy of Sciences. Sharks, rays, & chimeras - both fossil and recent - as well as taxonomy & biogeography of deep sea fishes, are the focus of my research. These research projects & education programs have taken me to over 70 countries. I also coordinate expeditions to ocean habitats and tiki bars throughout the world through the red knit-capped rag-tag team of Lobos Marinos International Marine Science (& Cocktails).
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Cryptozoology

Douglas Long November 18, 2014

Don’t believe everything you read on the internet, despite what cryptozoologists may be telling you. The internet is a double-edged sword of enlightenment and ignorance.…

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Species: Spotted Porcupine Fish

Douglas Long October 26, 2014

As scientific mariners, we spend an inordinate amount of shore time on sleezy docks and seedy piers around the world, from the gritty shipyards of…

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Summer of the Goatfish

Douglas Long September 5, 2014 chemosensory barbelsfishgoatfishichthyologysnorkelingsummer

  I take on a senseless internet meme and make it even more so – for science. With the northern hemisphere days getting shorter, and…

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Penguin Problems

Douglas Long July 30, 2014 conservationover fishingpenguinsSeabirds

For African Penguins, humans can make really lousy neighbors, but they have even bigger problems. In real estate it’s all about location, location, location. A…

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Mantas to Reef Fishes: I Drink Your Miltshake

Douglas Long July 16, 2014 coral reeffeedingfishmanta raymilkshakeReproduction

Manta Rays are nature’s spawn vacuums. Aided by new technologies and teams of overworked graduate students and unpaid interns, and prodded by the dismal decline…

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Feces Friday: Marine Edition

Douglas Long July 11, 2014

Here’s your recap of the top excretion-related news in the past few weeks, and what it means to our ocean world: Mo’ Whales, Mo’ Poop,…

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Enigmatic Megamouth Shark has Long-Lost Fossil Relatives

Douglas Long March 10, 2014 megamouth

  On 15 November 1976, a US Navy boat tracking Soviet subs in the Pacific was retrieving its sonar gear from deep water around Oahu…

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Cousteau Cocktails

Douglas Long September 10, 2013 calypsococktailJacques Cousteau

It goes without saying that many generations of Marine Biologists owe a bit of their inspiration and success to Big J. Either from his work…

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Honor Your Heroes

Douglas Long April 22, 2013

The widely-distributed but completely unattributed quote “great scientists are born, not made” is only partly true.  Without role models, guidance, and educational opportunities, someone born…

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Not Quite the Shark that ate Esteban

Douglas Long April 16, 2013 deep seaJaguar Sharklife aquaticspeciesspecies descriptionSteve Zissoutaxnomy

It’s part of the deal that if you describe a new species, you get to give it a scientific name.  That’s one of the perks…

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