Monofilament fishing line is not what you expect to see on the deep ocean floor. What would your response be if I told that enough…
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Friday Freak 10/16/09 – Gersemia juliepackardae
TGIF IS DEAD LONG LIVE TGIF! Craig and I are making some changes around these parts. You’ll notice them soon enough. One change starts now.…
View More Friday Freak 10/16/09 – Gersemia juliepackardaeKiss of a Cold Ocean
Its been a long time since I put up any original music. Here is one I got around to finishing tonight. Its a bit rough…
View More Kiss of a Cold OceanAnother Species With Forehead Sexual Organs
Chimaeras are sharks much cooler cousins. They are not sharks, i.e. elasmobranchs, but rather a whole other subclass, Holocephali, that split from sharks nearly 400…
View More Another Species With Forehead Sexual OrgansReminder: California Coastal Cleanup Day
In 18 days it will be the 25th anniversary of the California Coastal Cleanup Day. If you need a reason to participate, conservationist J. Nichols…
View More Reminder: California Coastal Cleanup DayThe Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature
A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…
View More The Creation of a New Deep-Sea FeatureEye in the Sea camera to feature CarcassVision
The Eye-in-the-Sea camera will be freshly baited with a frozen sea lion carcass in a camera deployment set for August 14th, in the deep Monterey…
View More Eye in the Sea camera to feature CarcassVisionSquid Fail
Point 1: The Giant Squid is Architeuthis dux. The Humboldt (or the Red Devil or Jumbo) Squid is Dosidicus gigas Point 2: The Humboldt Squid…
View More Squid FailWorld Ocean Day Message from Bob Breen
To celebrate World Ocean Day, Deep Sea News is publishing an unsolicited letter from a reader, Bob Breen. We’re thankful that our community is the…
View More World Ocean Day Message from Bob BreenNerve Toxins In The Deep
Some of the species in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia are nasty little diatoms. They produce domoic acid, a neurotoxin typically to blame for all sorts of…
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