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…
GIF Week at DSN
From December 6th to the 12th, we are getting giffy with it at DSN. We’ll be posting marine science GIF roundups,GIFs of our favorite animal behaviors,GIFs…
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Meet Phylliroe: the sea slug that looks and swims like a fish
Biologists have a habit of naming things after cool animals. Cars named after comb jellies, internet passwords after giant squid. Most of these names I…
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There is so much to love about this Squidtoons. Fantastic artwork? Check. Adorable deep-sea creature? Check. Scientific accuracy? Check. Mentions of source scientific articles? Check,…
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Dramatic Cuttlefish is Dramatic with Bonus Video
Deep Underwater from Alex Soloviev is a sequence of trippy music and great underwater footage. The theme music is Solar Walk 3-Event Horizon by Astropilot. So yeah…trippy.…
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“It’s like a deep-sea version of Truck Nuts”
Yes, that’s a direct quote from National Public Radio. I was giggling this weekend when I turned on the legendary NPR quiz show Wait Wait..Don’t…
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Jurassic Hermit Crabs Are Even More Awesome Than You Can Envision
In case it ever comes up in a Jeopardy Daily Double question, the fossil record does not contain many hermit crab fossils. That’s right, those…
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More Food, More Species
via GIPHY The Notorious B.I.G., Mase, and Puff Daddy understand. Increase one variable in a system and another variable rises en suite. For the B.I.G.…
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Malacology Monthly: It Eats Whaaaat?
Not all snails scour the ocean bottom for algae and muck, but some have more refined tastes. But taste is one thing, and having the…
View More Malacology Monthly: It Eats Whaaaat?Awesome nerd joke hidden in Wikipedia’s “List of Cetaceans”
First, two key facts: 1) Whales and dolphins and all those sorts are called cetaceans. It’s the science word for whales and dolphins. 2) When…
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From the Top Shelf
“I fell in love with seaweed at the kitchen counter. I had returned with a sack full from the windswept beach, and as I dropped…
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