The Ocean We Want to Know It’s Monday, but I feel in need of a little video pick-me-up, and maybe so do you. Please enjoy...
Detectable but not hazardous: radioactive marine life of Fukushima There’s nothing like a terrifying headline to point out how differently scientists and the public see the world. On...
Scripps oceanographic library will shut down I’m disappointed to report that the Scripps Institution of Oceanography library will shut down this summer. After I reported...
Name a baby fur seal at New England Aquarium Guys….I have an embarrassing confession. Sometimes I think marine mammals are really cute, and want to hug them. I KNOW, I...
The Sea We’ve Hardly Seen I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can...
Pacific plastic, sea skaters, and the media: behind the scenes of my recent paper You might have seen the headlines last week: Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste, Plastic in ‘Great Pacific...
The return of #Scifund 2: fund cool aquatic biology projects! #SciFund is back and bigger than ever. During the month of May, 75 scientists are campaigning to raise awareness and...
Amazing Fukushima-related spam Please enjoy this delightful piece of comment spam that we received at here at DSN. I’ve redacted the contact...
TGIF: One does not simply walk into the lower intertidal The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday!