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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

Conferences Conservation & Environment Life of Science Organisms Scientist! Sharks

Want to catch a shark. Got to do a shark dance.

Alex Warneke October 16, 2013 conservationMiamiRJ DunlapScienceOnline Oceanssharks

So this past weekend, some of the other Deeplings and I left the DSN lair to party in the city where the heat is on.…

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Abyss Organisms

Video of the Love Child of a Macaron and a Snork

Dr. M October 16, 2013

I wrote recently of the fascinatingly bizarre Dicopia antirrhinum, a predatory tunicate of the deep sea.  The authors of the study describing this strange beastie sent…

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Conservation & Environment Industry & Government Life of Science

The slow strangling of marine science careers, as the Government Shutdown drags on

Holly Bik October 16, 2013 AntarcticaGovernment Shutdownmarine biologymarine scienceSTEM Careers

This isn’t the type of humor we’re used to at DSN – the news these past few weeks has been some new brand of twisted…

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Biology Conferences Ecology Fish Genetics Pelagic Sharks

Where are all the ladies at?

Alistair Dove October 14, 2013 IWSC3population biologypopulation geneticsRhincodon typussharkwhale shark

Last week 70-odd of the world’s whale shark researchers converged on Atlanta for the 3rd International Whale Shark Conference.  It was an unusual meeting in…

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Biology Ecology Mating & Reproduction Sharks

5 Reasons Why Great White Sharks are the Blackberry of the Seas

Dr. M October 13, 2013

The following post is authored by Leo Gaskins as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. 1. They…

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Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Mammals Mating & Reproduction Organisms

6 Reasons to Supersize

Dr. M October 11, 2013

The following post is authored by Caroline Schanche as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. For those who…

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Biology Pelagic Vessels and Equipment

Jellyfish go to space, say it was “meh, kinda sucky”

RR Helm October 10, 2013

Why send jellies to space? Well, because it’s awesome (true for anything in space), but mostly because of little crystals jellies keep in their bodies,…

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Biology Cephalopods Organisms

Squittle Day PSA

Alex Warneke October 10, 2013 chemical ecologycuttlefishMemeMetasepia pfefferiSquittle Day

Here ye! Here Ye! Today marks the day in which we raise our glasses to all that is good in the world. Squid and Cuttlefish.…

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Biology Ecology Evolution Fish Mating & Reproduction Organisms Pelagic

The Eeyore of the Sea

Dr. M October 9, 2013

The following post is authored by Catherine Chen as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. Sixty million times.…

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M31: Livin’ the Life Aquatic

Alex Warneke October 9, 2013

As some of you may or may not know, starting November 12th I will be joining the team of Mission 31. This historic expedition, lead…

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