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Ninja Lanternshark: the New Shark Species You Will Never See Coming

You will never see the Ninja Lanternshark coming, not because it’s dark and elusive, but because you won’t be swimming below 1,000 feet deep off…

Sharks

The Tension of Intention: A Surfer, A Shark, A Fox, And A Grizzly

Archie Teuthis July 21, 2015 elasmobranch Fanning shark Surfing

Guest post by DSN Alumni Rick Macpherson When my pal Dr McClain yanked me out of retirement and asked me to pen a quick post…

Conservation & Environment Sharks

No Honey, there are no sharks in Ontario Lakes

Dr. M July 24, 2014 6-Gill Shark Discovery Channel face palm fiction Great Lakes mockumentary Ontario shark

This post is authored by Andrew Lewin a Marine Ecologist, Marine Conservationist, and Oceanpreneur. He is the founder of SpeakUpForBlue.com, a website dedicated to help…

Adaptations Biology Cephalopods Fish Habitats Mammals Mollusk Organisms Pelagic Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Sharks

An Oceanic Ode

Dr. M December 10, 2013 Blue Whale Edgar Allen Poe Hydrothermal Vent Nudibranch ORCA poetry Pycnopodia Rockfish shark sunflower sea star The Raven Vampire Squid whale shark

This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass. Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…

Abyss Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Habitats Organisms Sharks

3 Reasons Why You Should Invite a Greenland Shark to Thanksgiving Dinner

Dr. M November 25, 2013 cold feeding Greenland Shark shark Temperature Thanksgiving Turkey

This is a guest post from Sizing Ocean Giants team member Leo Gaskins 1) Not the best cook? No worries, Greenland sharks won’t complain! Forgot…

Biology Conferences Ecology Fish Genetics Pelagic Sharks

Where are all the ladies at?

Alistair Dove October 14, 2013 IWSC3 population biology population genetics Rhincodon typus shark whale 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…

Biology Ecology Mating & Reproduction Organisms Weird

LOL Ocean Giants

Dr. M September 27, 2013 Elephant Seal Giant Clam Great White internet meme know your meme LOLcat motivational poster shark

As part of Sizing Ocean Giants, I asked students last week to generate LOLCat style memes for their study organisms. The Rules: It must include…

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It’s Shark Week…Let Us Drink!

Dr. M August 9, 2013 cocktails drink recipe shark

At DSN we believe in 100% actual science 100% of the time. 250-50% of the time we like to mix in cocktails. So to help…

Adaptations Biology Organisms Sharks

Megalodon…phhh…most sharks are Microlodons.

Dr. M August 7, 2013 Biggest record holder shark shark week Smallest whale shark

A year ago, I jumped off the side of a perfectly good boat. Infinite water hides the land to the west and the ocean floor…

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@TheAverageShark only follows one

Dr. M January 30, 2013 shark twitter

Hat tip to Reddit

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