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Extraordinary dolphin footage

In my inbox today was this video of a remarkable bit of animal behaviour captured on video. It shows the famous manta night dive in…

Adaptations Ecology Fish Pictures and Movies

We found love in a hopeless place.

Alex Warneke April 12, 2013 anglerfish sex

I guess it has just been an Anglerfish kind of week. Found this little ditty at work today and it made me giggle. May it…

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Quick! Someone call the Fashion Police.

Alex Warneke April 11, 2013 Fish Stole My Look!Mimic Octopus mimicry

We have a fashion emergency. White after labor day? No. Horizontal stripes? Not exactly. Wardrobe malfunction? Definitely No. Too much skin showing at the Grammys…

Biology Fish

Big ugly fish eats cute little seabird.

Dr. Martini April 10, 2013 little auk Monkfish

When I was about 15 or 16, I went fishing with my step-brother. We weren’t really catching anything so we decided to drop a hook…

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Disposable Penises in Ten Hundred Most Used Words

Dr. M April 8, 2013 disposable Ed Yong hermaphrodite love gun Nudibranch Penis Sea Slug ten hundred words

There is not much to add to the whole story on disposable penises after Ed Yong wrote about it. So being a big fan of…

Opinion & Editorial Pelagic Sharks Weird

A murder of crows and a stipple of whale sharks?

Alistair Dove April 8, 2013

(A Crow Left of the Murder is a particularly excellent Incubus album, btw) One of the recent papers out of my group describes an unprecedented…

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Loud Noise Makes Crabs Even More Crabby

Dr. M April 3, 2013

Growing up in Arkansas, in the epicenter of Tornado Alley, a sound has coded on my psyche. When I hear this sound my breathing accelerates,…

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Announcing the DSN Pinterest empire!

Holly Bik March 30, 2013 biology conservation fish Giant Squid physical oceanography Pinterest sharks taxonomy whales

Be worried – us marine scientists are officially taking over the internet. I’m super excited to announce the launch of Deep Sea News on Pinterest. We’re…

Mollusk Pictures and Movies

SNAIL!

Dr. M March 29, 2013 Dubstep Mollusca parody sail

Sure this is a terrestrial snail and this is a marine blog. But c’mon I’m a malacologist and snails and dubstep are a natural pairing

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Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?

Dr. M March 27, 2013 Bacteria Cameron Challenger Deep exploration hadal James Cameron JAMSTEC marianas trench Microbes Trench

When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine…