Prepare yourself for the hammer. No not that hammer. This one. The Malleidae, or the hammer oysters, is a suite of around 30 species, primarily…
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Category: Habitats
The Writing on the Sea-Wall: High Water Line
As science communicators, we are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to translate the ramblings of the ivory tower into a relatable and accessible public…
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Trolling in the deep: from raging rants to support of the strange
Today’s guest post is by Natasha Phillips, a marine biologist and PhD researcher based at Queen’s University Belfast, interested in the movement ecology, diet and…
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Look at These Amazing Deep-Sea Creatures from the Remote Pacific Right Now
[View the story “Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas” on Storify]
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The importance of being NOAA
Did you look at the weather before you left the house today? NOAA provided that data. Do you eat salmon, shellfish or even McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish?…
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The Little Strawberry Squid with the Big Eye
If I were ever to write a Little Golden Book on par with The Poky Little Puppy it would about cute, little, and red, deep-sea…
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You Had Me at Seaweed-based Glitter
As I was doing my morning internet perusing, I came across this fun video of a glittery bath bomb making a heinous mess is someones…
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This deep-sea jelly looks like something from a dream
A beautiful jelly was just sighted by the Ocean Explorer as they cruise the deep sea near American Samoa live at oceanexplorer.noaa.gov. According to Dr. Allen Collins–a zoologist at NOAA and…
View More This deep-sea jelly looks like something from a dreamReef raving revisited: 4 good reasons for fish to glow in the dark
This is a guest post form Maarten De Brauwer, a PhD candidate at Curtin University. You can find more of amazing work from Maarten on his…
View More Reef raving revisited: 4 good reasons for fish to glow in the darkThe Kelp of Luxury
How do you define class? How do you define luxury? How do you define an experience like no other at 30,000 feet in the sky?…
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