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Alex Warneke April 20, 2015 BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill onEarth Perrin Ireland

5 years ago today, an explosion in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico lead to one of the worst human-induced environmental disasters in history.…

Biology Cephalopods Organisms

Which way does an octopus crawl? Anyway it wants.

Dr. Martini April 17, 2015 locomotion Octopus

Let’s face it, octopuses are just going to be our cephalopod overlords. They have 8 arms, 3 hearts, Moms eat their own babies so the others…

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…

Abyss Biology Conservation & Environment Coral Coral Reef Ecology Industry & Government Oil Spills

Given the choice, corals would prefer oil to dispersant

Dr. M April 8, 2015 Coral deep sea Deepwater Horizon dispersant Gulf of Mexico Macondo oil Oil Spill

Just near 6 million liters of oil spilled out of Macondo well in 2010, about 6 supertankers worth of oil. The ramifications of the oil…

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Malacology Monthly: Pilot Episode

Douglas Long April 8, 2015 bivalve cephalopods evolution gastropods malacology marine biology conchology Mollusca mollusks Morphology seashell shells

Like seashells but are sick of social media? Hate Facebook but need a hearty dose of marine invertebrates? Want a bigger malacological meal rather than…

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Super Colossal

Douglas Long April 8, 2015 Antarctica Colossal Squid deep sea Mesonychoteuthis New Zealand sperm whale squid Te Papa

Twelve years ago this month, a super squid was captured. On April 1, 2003, a massive squid was pulled up from the sub-antarctic waters south…

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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The Plankton Chronicles

Alex Warneke March 30, 2015 Books Christian Sardet Michael Sieracki NMNH Tara Oceans Expedition The PLANKTON The Plankton Chronicles

WARNING: Scrolling down might result in relinquishing a good portion of your Monday watching videos of squishy, wonderful plankton. If this is the kind of procrastination…

Cephalopods Mating & Reproduction

The Id of the Squid

Dr. M March 29, 2015 ink poetry rhyme sex squid Tentacle

Does the squid consider with only revulsion The prospect of sex under jet propulsion? Or does he think it all slightly spectacular, This flying embrace…

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