There’s nothing like a terrifying headline to point out how differently scientists and the public see the world. On Monday, a new study in the…
View More Detectable but not hazardous: radioactive marine life of FukushimaCategory: Conservation & Environment
Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches
California has been a big transition for me. I mean big. Not only am I now living in the sun-drenched utopia I have long pined…
View More Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroachesWhat is Peru’s dolphin and pelican die-off telling us?
As many as 900 dolphins and over 4,000 pelicans have washed up dead on the beaches of northern Peru in the last couple of months,…
View More What is Peru’s dolphin and pelican die-off telling us?Are humans and reefs sharks mutually exclusive?
A paper by Marc Nadon and colleagues from U. Hawaii and U Miami RSMAS has been getting a good bit of press lately (see here…
View More Are humans and reefs sharks mutually exclusive?Finding Endangered Life on eBay
eBay’s history is dotted with carcasses of endangered and vulnerable species. In 2000, the Sea Turtle Conservancy announced that a large selection of illegal hawksbill…
View More Finding Endangered Life on eBayAmazing Fukushima-related spam
Please enjoy this delightful piece of comment spam that we received at here at DSN. I’ve redacted the contact information but left the rest as…
View More Amazing Fukushima-related spamHow to eat sardines sustainably
I only eat anchovies with Caesar salad, and am rather fond of the tiny fish that add a bit of strong flavor to the romaine…
View More How to eat sardines sustainablyBP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundup
Last Friday was the 2 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The ramifications of the vast amount of oil…
View More BP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundupTGIF – the coral triangle, a-capella style!
From the Barber lab at UCLA comes this awesome video. Not only can they sing better than most biologists, but the lyrics are great! I…
View More TGIF – the coral triangle, a-capella style!Will marine conservation miss out at the next CITES meeting?
CITES is the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, to which 175 nations are signatories. Along with the IUCN Red List, it’s one…
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