Although the Deep-sea News team has just spent a whole weekend in exotic North Carolina, we are jealous of Dr. Alistair Dove who currently enroute…
View More Submersible at your disposal + unexplored marine habitat = EPIC expedition!!Category: Expeditions
Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Pirate Guilt
Editors Note: We are starting a new Scientist in Residence program at Deep-Sea News. The Scientist in Residence for each month at DSN would contribute substantial…
View More Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Pirate GuiltBat fish, Razor fish, and Frog crab rediscovered
Three unique marine organisms, Deep Sea Smoky Bat fish, Grooved Razor fish and Frog crab, have been re-recorded from Indian waters after a gap of…
View More Bat fish, Razor fish, and Frog crab rediscoveredInterview on the NOAA Marine Debris Blog
I was interviewed by the NOAA Marine Debris blog! It’s about my work this October on a NOAA cruise through the eastern part of the…
View More Interview on the NOAA Marine Debris BlogNew squid found in Indian Ocean
A new species of squid, 0.7 meteres (2.3ft) in length was discovered among the 7,000 samples from taken from seamounts in the southern Indian Ocean.…
View More New squid found in Indian OceanScientists Observe Damage to Deep-Sea Corals
Fresh out of the NOAA news office: […] Operating from the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown and using a variety of tools including the National…
View More Scientists Observe Damage to Deep-Sea CoralsGuest Post: Greenpeace in the Gulf of Mexico – an Update
John Hocevar is a marine biologist and is the Oceans Campaign Director for Greenpeace USA, where he oversees their oceans and fisheries work, including efforts…
View More Guest Post: Greenpeace in the Gulf of Mexico – an UpdateAcross the Pacific
I just got back from sampling the North Pacific Gyre with NOAA. We found visible plastic every day in the manta tows once we had…
View More Across the PacificGhostly critters of the deep sea: Cirrate octopus
This ghostly-looking orange cirrate octopus was observed with the MBARI’s ROV Doc Ricketts on my recent research cruise to the Taney Seamounts. These finned octopuses belong to…
View More Ghostly critters of the deep sea: Cirrate octopusGulf Sampling: White Sand with Black Spots
Well I’m back in the lab after two solid weeks in the field. I rented a new car with 6 miles on the odometer and…
View More Gulf Sampling: White Sand with Black Spots