It all started with this Tweet. So, uh, I just learned that this is what a pufferfish skeleton looks like, and I think you all…
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Ocean Sunfish are the most useless animal (an epic rant)
Ocean Sunfish, also known as Mola Mola, look like a pancake and are just the weirdest fish. I was ambivalent about these creatures until reading…
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In the evolution of fishes, this is a one seahorse race*
*alternative titles include “Looking a gift seahorse (genome) in the mouth”, “My kingdom for a seahorse genome”, “Hold your seahorses“, and “The galloping evolution of…
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Megafauna and Minerals on the Pacific Abyss
This guest post is from Dr. Diva Amon (on Twitter @DivaAmon). Dr. Amon is marine biologist specialising in deep-sea biology, working on a range of environments,…
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The Disappointing Reality of Musical Fish
Fanciful common names of fishes suggest there may be an orchestra in the sea, but this is yet another way the underwater world lets us…
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Summer of the Goatfish
I take on a senseless internet meme and make it even more so – for science. With the northern hemisphere days getting shorter, and…
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Mantas to Reef Fishes: I Drink Your Miltshake
Manta Rays are nature’s spawn vacuums. Aided by new technologies and teams of overworked graduate students and unpaid interns, and prodded by the dismal decline…
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Some things are too cool to wait until Friday for the TGIF tag. Check out this spectacular footage of male Torquigener sp. pufferfish in Japan,…
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Fishes of Instagram #throwbackthurday
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View More Fishes of Instagram #throwbackthurdayAnnouncing the DSN Pinterest empire!
Be worried – us marine scientists are officially taking over the internet. I’m super excited to announce the launch of Deep Sea News on Pinterest. We’re…
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