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…
Hosta la Vista, Nereus
Wood’s Hole’s Nereus was offloaded off the R/V Cape Hatteras today. Stood by to watch it get packed up. It was a tight fit with…
View More Hosta la Vista, NereusWith Twigs and an Animal Hide You Too Can Build a Boat
Forget the megayacht of yesterday. I am sure I can afford a megayacht timeshare…unless you can rent by the minute and I start saving now.…
View More With Twigs and an Animal Hide You Too Can Build a BoatDeepest Fish On Film
In 2008 we reported on the 7700 meter record for filming fish, video above, Using a remote lander, a group filmed Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a deep-water snailfish, found…
View More Deepest Fish On FilmGiant Stingray On Film
BBC videographers caught a giant stingray on film for the first time. The smalleye, shown in the video, is the largest of all stingrays reaching…
View More Giant Stingray On FilmCrazy Fish Heads
Epibulus insidiator, the slingjaw wrass, “possesses the most extreme jaw protrusion ever measured in fishes.” Individuals can protrude their jaw up to half the body…
View More Crazy Fish HeadsSuper Yacht
More moving island than yacht, the WHY super-yacht is terrestrial luxury at sea. But this concept is no gas-guzzling Hummer of the sea ready to…
View More Super YachtCarnival of the Blue #30
Carnival of the Blue Allie has the latest Carnival of the Blue at Oh For the Love of Science.
View More Carnival of the Blue #30The Best of DSN 2009
What…a…year! In the beginning of 2009, we kicked our old site to the curb and started the empire that is deepseanews.com. One of our ranks…
View More The Best of DSN 2009ScienceOnline 2010 Travel Awards: The Entries So Far
It’s just a few short weeks until the final deadline for your submission! To recap, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is offering two $750 travel…
View More ScienceOnline 2010 Travel Awards: The Entries So FarHelp Our Squidly Brethren
One of our favorite Cephaloploggers and a frequent commenter here on DSN made the final cut for a science writing contest on ScientificBlogging.com! Go read…
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