Organisms

Biology Crustacean Intertidal Mating & Reproduction

My What A Big Claw You Have! All the Better to Love You With.

For fiddler crab males, size is everything. Well over 60 different species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca, exist across the globe. You are probably…

Adaptations Biology Conservation & Environment Crustacean Dumping Echinoderms Environmental Sciences Favorite Species Fish Hadal & Trench Intertidal Jellyfish Mammals New Species Organisms Pictures and Movies Polar Special

The Worst Ocean Environments to “Catch Em’ All”

Alex Warneke July 11, 2016 Adaptations Ocean Environments Pokemon PokemonGo

This week the best part of the 90s has returned in full force with the Niantic’s release of Pokémon Go. You guys, this is like…

Biology Ecology New Research Pelagic Plankton Weird

What are these giant tube-shaped animals showing up in the Azores?

RR Helm July 5, 2016

So on June 7th I was all, ‘Facebook, what’s happening today?’ and as I’m scrolling through my feed I see this picture–posted by a scuba…

Adaptations Biology Coral Ecology Favorite Species Fish Fishing Mating & Reproduction Organisms Pictures and Movies

Science Spoiler Alert: Finding Dory

Alex Warneke June 28, 2016 clownfish Finding Dory Finding Nemo Tang

In which Dr. Milton Love ruins the magic behind Finding Dory with Science, but we love him anyways. TUNE IN HERE

Biology Ecology Evolution Favorite Species Gadgets & Gear New Research Organisms Pictures and Movies Scientist! Sharks Vessels and Equipment

TGIF: Elasmo-Lite-Brites

Alex Warneke May 27, 2016 biofluoresence glow-in-the-dark sharks sio turtles

Basically, the ocean is a glowing rave of awesome…but you already knew that. Happy Friday!

Biology Fish Organisms Weird

Video: What is this scary fish?

RR Helm April 19, 2016

So last Wednesday I got a message from DSN reader Aaron England Looze asking if I could identify this fish: Anyone who knows me knows…

Education Life of Science Open Access Organisms Scientist! Size Week Special

Dr. M: An Ocean Outreach Giant

RR Helm April 10, 2016

When it comes to ocean outreach, Dr. M is a giant: a rum-loving, goggle-wearing outreach giant, one with whom I had the pleasure of working on…

Biology Ecology Evolution Mollusk Pelagic

Video! The sea slug that looks and swims like a fish

RR Helm March 22, 2016

Out there in the open ocean is a nudibranch sea slug that looks like a fish, and for the last five months I’ve been obsessed…

Adaptations Biology Evolution

Under Pressure: Will Deep-Sea Animals Explode or Implode on the Surface?

Dr. M March 10, 2016 pressure

A comment on Reddit reminded me of a question that I have received many times. The question is always a good one because it stems…

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Meet the New Sharks of 2015

Douglas Long February 12, 2016 Catshark elasmobranch Genetics lanternshark meristics New Species nurse shark sharks taxonomy

The worn and weary phrase “There’s more fish in the sea” isn’t just cold solace for heartbroken saps, but for shark biologists, this means more discoveries…

Deep Sea News

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