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Reddit AMA (Saturday May 27th): DSN on a boat, throwing wood in the ocean!

Holly Bik May 26, 2017 AMA Ask Me Anything deep-sea biologist Gulf of Mexico life at sea Louisiana Reddit scientific cruise Super Cool Scientists woodfall

UPDATE (5/27): Here’s our Reddit AMA link – ask us anything about deep-sea science! https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6dng31/i_am_a_marine_scientist_im_on_a_boat_right_now_in/ WE’RE ON A BOAT! That’s right, The Blogfather Dr. M…

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A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts

Dr. M April 27, 2012 endosymbiotic bacteria lumber Squat Lobster timber tree Wood woodfall Xylophaga Xyloplax

Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor.…

Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Mating & Reproduction New Research Organisms

Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up

Dr. M May 8, 2011 development Echinodermata Phylogenetics progensis woodfall Xyloplax

Some of us never grow up. In fact I am writing this now in my Aquaman pajamas while laying on Return of the Jedi bedsheets*.…

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Reddit AMA (Saturday May 27th): DSN on a boat, throwing wood in the ocean!

A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts

Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up