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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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So yeah ocean sunfish are ridiculous, dolphins are @#$@&, and deep-sea anglerfish are monsters

Dr. M February 21, 2017 monsters

Recently a couple of interesting posts sparked some introspection on how I view, label, and discuss the denizens of the oceans. Carla Litchfield, Senior Lecturer, School…

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How do bone-eating worms eat bones?

Dr. M January 29, 2017

The deep-sea Osedax bone-devouring worms could easily have been the poster child for Deep-Sea News instead of the Giant Squid. I love them because Osedax are…

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In the evolution of fishes, this is a one seahorse race*

Dr. M December 26, 2016 evolution fish genome sea dragon seahorse

*alternative titles include “Looking a gift seahorse (genome) in the mouth”, “My kingdom for a seahorse genome”, “Hold your seahorses“, and “The galloping evolution of…

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I’m the modern day equivalent of a massive Carboniferous dragonfly

Dr. M November 27, 2016 body size Body Size Evolution data is beautiful oxygen

I am annoyingly the first one to return to the surface after any scuba dive. My bottom time exploring the wonders of the aquatic realm…

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Craig With Big Things (and Small Things)

Dr. M November 10, 2016 body size Body Size Evolution career deep sea evolution Giant Isopod Mollusc mollusk passion REU Rex Science size size matter Snail

I have a confession. I am obsessed with ridiculously large and small things. While other children impatiently anticipated toys for Christmas, I enjoyed just as…