What are these strange round blobs on a Southern California beach?
The internet is abuzz today at the sight of these fleshy-colored grape-sized sea blobs found on Huntington Beach, CA. As...
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Wherever it GOES, I GOES, we GOES. NOAA and NASA launch another satellite acronym into space.
What did you do this weekend? Well if you were NASA, you successfully launched NOAA’s brand-spanking new weather satellite GOES-R....
From smooth to bumpy, how Marie Tharp changed our view of the sea floor
Give a woman some data, and she’ll change the science world. At least that’s what Marie Tharp did. A...
Adopt the giant deep-sea isopod, Bathynomus giganteus, as the National Deep-Sea Animal of the United States.
If you are an avid DSN reader then undoubtedly you know our fascination with Giant Isopods. Back in the...
A Dream Job in Social Media and the Oceans Awaits
If you have been following me on Twitter or Instagram, then you know that I am having the time...
ROBOT VS. SEAPEN
Who knew that a battle between an articulate robotic sampling arm and a colonial organism related to soft corals rooted...
Some REALLY Damn Good Advice
A few eons ago or so, the renowned Ichthyologist Dr. Milton Love wrote a piece entitled “So You Want...
Five New Delicious (and Fittingly Strong) Cocktails in Honor of Dr. M.
In celebration of success, to savor the beauty of life, or to soften the pitfalls of experiments gone awry,...
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...
Cephalopods: Masters of W.T.F? – Enough GIFs to Kill a Kraken
With octopus, squid, & cuttlefish, reality is stranger than fiction. Shape-shifting, color-changing, or morphing into a Las Vegas billboard are...