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New Research

  • The Carpet Dragon Takes Flight

  • Introducing a New Species: My Namesake, a New Bone-Eating Worm

  • Hump Day Happiness: Dive into Deep-Sea Delights

  • New Deep-Sea Cucumber Has 100 Feet

  • Ancient Origins of the Vampire Squid

  • Holy Glowing Sea Cucumbers!

  • A New Deep-Sea Family of Roly Polies

  • Adaptations Biology Evolution Habitats Hadal & Trench Organisms

    How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure

    Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…

    Dr. M June 17, 2024 No Comments
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  • Conservation & Environment Mining

    Deep-Sea Mining with John Oliver

    Dr. M June 13, 2024 No Comments
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  • Vessels and Equipment

    The Inside Story of the Titan Submersible

    Dr. M June 13, 2024 No Comments
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  • Sharks

    Tiger Sharks Will Nom Nom Anything

    Tiger sharks are sort of generalist feeders. And by generalist, I mean they will pretty much eat anything. And by everything, I mean everything. On…

    Dr. M June 11, 2024 No Comments
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  • Adaptations Biology Ecology Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

    A Journey to the Hottest Place on Earth: Hydrothermal Vents and the Resilient Pompeii Worm

    I have only seen a hydrothermal vent once, during Dive 73 aboard the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Doc Ricketts. Unlike many deep-sea biologists, I…

    Dr. M June 4, 2024 No Comments
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Opinions and Editorial

  • Abyss Opinion & Editorial Organisms Policy

     The Cost of Fear: How Perceptions of the Deep Sea Hurt Conservation

    Dr. M April 28, 2024 No Comments
  • Cephalopods Opinion & Editorial

    A very special PSA from Deep-Sea News

    Dr. M August 8, 2019
  • Life of Science Opinion & Editorial Scientist!

    What Are Your Research Group’s Scientific Core Values?

    Dr. M January 29, 2019
  • Conservation & Environment Opinion & Editorial Plastic Vessels and Equipment

    The Continued Boondoggle of the Ocean Cleanup

    Dr. M January 6, 2019
  • Conferences Editor's Desk Education Life of Science Opinion & Editorial Scientist! Special

    Can you afford to be a marine biologist? Or a scientist?

    Dr. M December 24, 2018
  • Editor's Desk Education Life of Science Opinion & Editorial Scientist!

    Let’s Kill the GRE

    Dr. M November 23, 2018

Education Uncategorized

The Greeeeeaaaaaat Whiiiiiiite Shark!

Alistair Dove April 2, 2011 great white sharksSea shantysharks

This video of sea lions singing about great white sharks made me smile. It’s to promote an upcoming kids educational video from Sisbro and SaveOurSeas.…

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Biology Coral Ecology Oil Spills Organisms

A Tale of Germanic Chieftains and Deep-Sea Corals

Dr. M April 1, 2011 ageArminiusAugustusBattle of the Teutoburg Forestblack coralCoralGermanicgrowth rateLeiopatheslifespannuclear bomb testingRadiationradiocarbon datingRomanstree ringsVarsus

The year is 9CE. Fourteen years later Pliny the Elder will be Pliny the Newly Born. Cai Lun will invent paper one hundred years later.…

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Oil Spills

Oil Spill Effects Ripple Into Moral Fabric of Gulf Residents

Kevin Zelnio March 31, 2011

Sabrina Canfield at Courthouse News reports: At a scoping meeting last week in Biloxi, Miss., Vietnamese shrimpers said they have pulled up nets full of…

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Conservation & Environment Ecology Organisms Reviews Social Sciences

Finding Our Deep Blue Home

Kevin Zelnio March 31, 2011 Book ReviewJulia Whitty

If you are looking a fact-based text on the ecology the oceans, Deep Blue Home is not for you. If you are interested in the…

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Plastic

Guest Post: Crowd-Sourcing Science to Save Sea Turtles

Kevin Zelnio March 30, 2011 plastic bagssea turtleWallace J Nichols

Dr. Wallace J. Nichols is a sea turtle biologist and marine conservation activist affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences, Ocean Revolution, and the Sea…

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Expeditions Oil Spills

Gulf sampling, part deux

Holly Bik March 28, 2011 BPDeepwater HorizonGulf of MexicoOil Spillsampling

My sporadic posting lately has been due to my ridiculous travel schedule – in the past 2 weeks, I’ve been to New York, Maine, San…

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Adaptations Fish Organisms Uncategorized

What’s black and white and studied all over?

Alistair Dove March 28, 2011 whale shark

Hi there DSN readers, nice to meet ya.  I want to introduce you to a friend of mine.  He’s a little on the big side,…

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Opinion & Editorial

Welcome DSN’s Newest Member, Dr. Al Dove

Dr. M March 28, 2011

One of my favorite posts to write is welcoming a new member to the DSN team.  With great interest I began following Deep Type Flow…

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Uncategorized

In 36 Hours All Will Be Revealed

Dr. M March 26, 2011

Some change is coming to DSN…stay tuned and hold on to your knickers.

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Music Nautical Terms and Phrases

TGIF: Get Pitted!

Kevin Zelnio March 25, 2011 MelodysheepSurfingwave

From my favorite science autotuning remixer on youtube, melodysheep.

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