Craig is the Chief Editor for Deep Sea News (Homepage | Twitter | Author RSS) Dr. Craig R. McClain received his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and conducted postdoctoral work at the ...

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 ecology of pinnipeds. She is also author ...

With all the misinformation around the internet here are links to articles that we trust. The following provide credible information about what is actually occurring and/or dispel myths about ...

There’s a fascinating article getting some press this week, all about a growing incidence of an extraordinary bit of animal behaviour in the islands just above the Antarctic circle. In an article in ...

The real Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo by Miriam Goldstein, 2010 EX1006 cruise. I would like to move beyond mythbusting. I give a lot of public talks about my research on plastic trash in the ...

Recently we at Deep-Sea News have tried to combat misinformation about the presence of high levels of Fukushima radiation and its impact on marine organisms on the west coast of the United States.

In the past, a few readers, interns, random undergraduates, and a curious public have asked all three of us here at DSN “How do you become a deep-sea biologist?” I write this from the perspective of ...

So what’s wrong with debating these fascinating topics? Well nothing, as long as the discussions are based on reason, information and, frankly, reality. Also nothing, as long as there actually IS a ...

The Planktos Incident continues.Just when I thought it had died. Russ George, former head of the defunct Planktos, has decided to, despite the scientific community asking for a more cautious and ...

Treehugger recently posted 10 Reasons Why Dolphins Are Undeniably Awesome. This is all nice and well but this does overlook some key aspects of dolphins that should be recognized. Good luck trying to ...

Hale County in west central Alabama and Bamberg County in southern South Carolina are 450 miles apart. Both counties have a population of 16,000 of which around 60% are African American. The median ...

Further Reading: 1. Barradas-Ortiz, C., P. Briones-Fourzan, and E. Lozano-Alvarez. 2003. Seasonal reproduction and feeding ecology of giant isopods Bathynomus giganteus from the continental slope of ...