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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

Conservation & Environment Industry & Government

Conservation Kills: The Power of Choice

Dr. M January 18, 2007

Ocean fm (Ireland) reports that… Fishermen’s lives are being put at risk because of the strict rules that apply to when they can fish in…

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Best

Best of Deep Sea News 2006

Peter Etnoyer January 17, 2007

Our Best of the Abyss awards were conceived to recognize important deep-sea happenings around the world, and intended to pay our humble respects to all…

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Uncategorized

What is the Sound of One Hydrothermal Vent Venting?

Dr. M January 17, 2007

And if no one is around will it still make a sound? Crone and cronies et al. on the open access PLoS One explore the…

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Organisms

What Is Biogeography?

Dr. M January 17, 2007

As followup to this post, I will discuss what biogeography is. Largely, biogeography can be seen as subdisipline of the fields of ecology and evolution.…

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Best

Best of the Abyss 2006

Peter Etnoyer January 16, 2007

Just when you thought you escaped the onslaught of annual reviews in the media, along comes a slacker post from the Deep Sea News. Craig…

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Conservation & Environment

Biogeography

Dr. M January 15, 2007

The last forum at the International Biogeography Society meeting discussed how biogeographer’s might increase public outreach. Unfortunately little attention was given to what I feel…

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Vessels and Equipment

Alvin Pilot Video

Dr. M January 14, 2007

Peter’s post on the Alvin pilots generated an email from Janet Voight, deep-sea cephalopod expert extraordinaire, pointing me to this great video. Enjoy.

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Uncategorized

Link-O-Rama

Dr. M January 14, 2007

Finally got back from my meeting minus a piece of luggage or two. Unfortunately the trip came with a shocking reality of anthropogenic effects on…

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Vessels and Equipment

Gear bias in global warming estimates

Peter Etnoyer January 13, 2007

A new article in Journal of Geophysical Research by Gouretski and Koltermann shows global warming estimates since the 1950’s are positively biased 0.2 – 0.4…

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Reviews

Film Fest in Frisco

Peter Etnoyer January 10, 2007

The Ocean FilmFest begins its fourth year in San Francisco January 20-21. My second resolution is to make this the last year I miss it.…

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