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The Art of Saving Our Seas

“Artivism: An explosion of creativity, a marrying of art and activism” Over the past three years, street artists across the globe have taken up their brushes, prepped…

Hadal & Trench Scientist! Vessels and Equipment

An Unexpected Surprise in My Mail

Dr. M August 2, 2015 deep sea Marianas Picard Southern Fried Science submarine submersible Trieste Walsh

When Andrew Thaler (@SFriedScientist) asked me for my home address a few days ago, I was…well…concerned. I have the tendency to be drawn to friends…

Paleobiology Scientist!

Remembering Raup

Dr. M July 31, 2015 Chicago David Raup evolution extinction obiturary Paleobiology

I asked my friend and colleague Roy E. Plotnick, paleontologist and faculty in the Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago,…

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10 Not-So-Obvious Ways Seaweed is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You

Alex Warneke July 25, 2015 bacon beer compounds OSU Science seaweed

Remember way back, when you couldn’t leave the dinner table before you ate all of your leafy veggies? Remember how for 8 year old you,…

Evolution Life of Science Mollusk Organisms Paleobiology Scientist!

Digital Seashells and David Raup

Dr. M July 16, 2015 Gastropod logarithimic spiral mathematics Morphology morphospace Raup shell model Snail

My love of snail shells did not begin at a young age. This is not a story of a 6-year old boy discovering his first…

Biology Echinoderms Expeditions New Species Organisms Scientist! Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

These are a few of my favorite species: Paulasterias mcclaini “McClain’s 6-armed fleshy star”

Dr. M April 21, 2015 Asteroid Hydrothermal Vent starfish

Today is a very exciting day. Indeed, today is one of the best days ever! The next step in my evil science plans for total…

Open Access

Ten Simple Rules for Effective Online Outreach

Holly Bik April 18, 2015 Deep-sea News online outreach Open Access PLoS Computational Biology ten simple rules

Exciting news for the DSN team! What we do here on this site — our mission and core values — have now been immortalized in the…

Abyss Biology Education Expeditions Life At Sea Mammals Open Access Pelagic Scientist! Vessels and Equipment

Video: Rare sperm whale encounter with deep-sea ROV

RR Helm April 15, 2015

“if you’re watching on channel one the super sampler is…THE HECK IS THAT?!” And that is the start of an absolutely breathtaking real life close encounter…

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We are Going to Need a Bigger Helicopter

Alex Warneke April 14, 2015 Cabrillo National Monument National Park Service SD Natural History Museum USCG whales

Working at a National Park results in a fair share of interesting encounters. Take for instance, yesterday when my boss emails me and says, “The Coast…

Biology Crustacean New Species Organisms Scientist! Special

Roger Norman Bamber (1949-2015)

Dr. M April 2, 2015 crustacean Polychaete pycnogonid Roger Bamber tanaid taxonomy

I asked Tammy Horton, a noted expert on crustaceans, to write this post about the life of her colleague and friend Roger. Roger will be…

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