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Deep-Sea Biology Society

@dsbsoc.bsky.social

Official account of the Deep-Sea Biology Society | #DSBSoc A society for student, academic & professional #DeepSea biologists. 🌊 🔗 dsbsoc.org 💡 @dsbsoc-arts.bsky.social‬ #DSBSocArts

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HulloThere@jethroreading32.bsky.social · 2w ago

Out on the RV Tom Crean and had a bit of a landmark day. Technically not my first angler, but this extraordinary, beautiful animal made me genuinely emotional. It’s an absolute privilege to get to meet these animals that I’ve adored for so long! (She’s a triplewart seadevil, Cryptopsaras couesii)

A female anglerfish Cryptopsaras couesii photographed in a plastic tray. She is kind of diamond shaped with a huge head and an upturned mouth. Her lure is long and extends out from her brow, tipped with a small black bulb. Her eyes are so small as to be near invisible. Her skin is satin textured and jet black.Me holding the same fish in my hands. I’m wearing yellow oilskins, a self-inflating life jacket, and a red hard hat, alongside a pleased-as-punch expression.
Schmidt Ocean Institute@schmidtocean.bsky.social · 6d ago

Enypniastes eximia, a deep-sea sea cucumber recorded at 1095 m during #DeepWonders expedition. We see how this graceful gelatinous gem earned the nickname Spanish dancer. Look how their tubefeet glide across the seafloor, scooping up nutritious marine snow as the animal swoops up into the water.

MBARI@mbarinews.bsky.social · 3w ago

The National Marine Educators Association has named MBARI Senior Education and Research Specialist George Matsumoto the recipient of the 2026 James Centorino Award for distinguished performance in marine education. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-s...

MBARI Senior Education and Research Specialist George Matsumoto honored by National Marine Educators Association • MBARI

The National Marine Educators Association has named MBARI Senior Education and Research Specialist George Matsumoto the recipient of the 2026 James Centorino Award for distinguished performance in mar...

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌊 🔁 Deep ocean turbulence (the process that distributes heat, nutrients and carbon from the surface to the seafloor and back) affects our lives within the span of a human lifetime, according to a new report supported by Scripps Oceanography scientists. Dive in to learn more. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4aUSUas

Scientists Unravel the Fast-Moving ‘Butterfly Effect’ of the Deep Ocean

Scripps Oceanography researchers and colleagues found that deep ocean turbulence affects our lives not on a scale of thousands of years as was previously thought, but within the span of a human lifeti...

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Dr Craig R McClain@drcraigmc.bsky.social · 3w ago

For #MolluscMonday, a grim one. The new IUCN Red List assessed every mollusc known to live only at hydrothermal vents. Of 201 species, 125 are now threatened with extinction, and the driver is deep-sea mining that has not meaningfully started yet. #marinelife iucn.org/press-releas...

From desert frog to deep-sea molluscs, remarkable species at risk – IUCN Red List

Gland, Switzerland, 9 July 2026 (IUCN) – Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has revealed. In Aust...

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Dr Craig R McClain@drcraigmc.bsky.social · 4w ago

New paper: octopuses have a unique break in the core of their ribosome that makes protein-building more precise, and it may underpin their big brains. The kicker for me: it's present in shallow octopuses but absent in their deep-sea dumbo octopus cousins. #marinelife

Evolution of a core ribosomal innovation in octopus

Much of biology focuses on how genetic changes mediate new functions, but less attention is given to adaptations in other steps of the central dogma. Octopuses exhibit complex nervous systems and soph...

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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec@squamiferum.bsky.social · 4w ago

New IUCN Red List update today includes a comprehensive assessment of ALL hydrothermal vent endemic molluscs… and 125/201 (62%) species are THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION from DEEP-SEA MINING! 72 (37%) are Endangered / Critically Endangered. More: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... @sscmarine.bsky.social

Deep-sea mining threatens molluscs holding promise for science, Red List shows

Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and ‌hold promising potential for medicine and technology are at risk of going extinct due to increasing deep-sea mining, the world's ...

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MBARI@mbarinews.bsky.social · 4w ago

MBARI researchers recently led an expedition with @schmidtocean.bsky.social that revealed remarkable new hydrothermal vents in a remote part of the Atlantic Ocean, providing important clues about fluid circulation and seafloor geology. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/expedit...

Expedition led by MBARI researchers reveals remarkable, and rare, form of deep-sea hydrothermal vents • MBARI

A monthlong expedition with Schmidt Ocean Institute has provided new insight into fluid circulation and seafloor geology in the remote Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone in the Atlantic Ocean.

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