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Category: Abyss

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 The Cost of Fear: How Perceptions of the Deep Sea Hurt Conservation

Dr. M April 28, 2024 No Comments

Guest post by Dr. Melissa Betters Are you afraid of the deep, dark ocean? If so, you’re not alone. Thalassophobia (fear of deep water) seems…

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Abyss Adaptations Crustacean Evolution Organisms

The Many Clawed, Blind Lobsters of the Deep

Dr. M February 29, 2024 No Comments

In the profound darkness of the ocean’s depths, organisms face a choice concerning their visual capabilities. Some species evolve specialized eyes that grow to astonishing…

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Alien Antenna on Deep-Sea Floor

Dr. M January 28, 2024 No Comments

It is somewhat common knowledge now that extraterrestrial creatures have visited us multiple times stoled cows, built the pyramids, and spoke with Nikola Tesla .…

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Friday Video: Top 10 deep-sea animals from MBARI

Dr. M December 15, 2023 No Comments
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The Upside Down Feeding Fish of the Deep

Dr. M December 10, 2023

The deep-sea anglerfish commands fascination, although admittedly, it might not be everyone’s cup of tea—I’m content sticking with the anglerfish enthusiasts. Among these captivating creatures,…

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Alligators in the Abyss: Part 2

River Dixon January 8, 2020 alligatordeep seafood websgiant isopods

Connecting the oceans to land are numerous carbon highways.  These conduits bring food from land to the ocean, supporting an abundance of life.  Our group…

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The Beauty of Rarity

Dr. M August 6, 2019 GastropodHydrothermal VentIUCNmolluskrarerarityredlistSnail

Legend has it that Saint Patrick gave a four-leaf clover to a group of his followers; the fourth leaf put there by God to bring…

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You are what you eat! Using bad boy carbons to understand food webs

River Dixon May 20, 2019 benthicCarbondeep seafood websisotopesWood Fall

Remember all the details about the periodic table from high school chemistry?  Yeah, me neither.  Don’t worry – we will get through this together. Let’s…

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How many species are in the deep sea?

River Dixon March 25, 2019 Aristotlebeta diversitydeep seadiversitymathmodelsPlinyspecies

In the beginning, people mused the expansive oceans contained but a handful of organisms.  This idea started with Pliny the Elder, who lived in the…

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How is the deep sea so diverse? The struggle is real for late 1900s ecologists

River Dixon March 12, 2019 biodiversitycompetitiondeep seadiversitygrassleHesslerMacrofaunapatchPredationSanders

The year is 1967.  A paper is published that causes pandemonium in the scientific community.  The discovery causes a fundamental shift in thinking divergent from…

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