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Dolphins are trying to tell us something

Deep Sea News folks aren’t exactly famous for their love of dolphins (if you haven’t read Dr. M.’s “10 reasons why dolphins are a**holes“, well,…

Biology Fish Pelagic

Awesomely gross Oarfish Necropsy

Dr. Martini October 26, 2013 necropsy oarfish stranding

Last week, two Oarfish were found beached on the California coast. This subsequently set the internet ablaze with conspiracy theories surrounding their deaths. But the…

Conservation & Environment Industry & Government Oil Spills

DSN Scientist in Residence Eric Heupel Revisits Gulf of Mexico Dolphin Mortality Event

Archie Teuthis April 15, 2011 Bottlenose Box Plots Cetacean Dolphin Eric Heupel graphs Scientist In Residence Statistics stranding UME

Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used…

Carnivals & Link Love Social Sciences

Ghost Ships

Dr. M October 29, 2009 adrift Alaska Baychimo blizzard Canada Ghost ships Hudson Bay legend steamer stranding trading company

Top Tenz as a list of 12 ghost ships. Just kidding, it is just ten. My favorite… One of the most amazing cases of a…

Conservation & Environment Organisms

Just Flip ’em

Dr. M September 15, 2009 conservation ERDG flip 'em horseshoe crab Limulus stranding

The Ecological Research & Development Group (ERDG), a non-profit wildlife conservation organization founded in 1995 with the primary focus conserving the four remaining horseshoe crab…

Conservation & Environment Industry & Government Organisms

Let The Whales Die

Dr. M April 7, 2009 beachings conservation kidney failure mammals NGO RSPCA sea shepard spca stranding United Kingdom whales Zoological Society of London

No matter what meaning I intend with the title, it has more than likely made you uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable to write it. I…