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In the News

Scientists are tracking down deep sea creatures with free-floating DNA

By David Levin | November 23, 2020
frozen test tubes

Popular Science

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The Lungs of the Earth: Shifting a Metaphor from Superstition to Science

By David Levin | November 11, 2020

Georgetown Journal of Public Affairs

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That strawberry squid can’t be true (But it is)

By Ken Kostel | July 21, 2020
Strawberry Squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis)

Snopes

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Ultra-black skin helps deep-sea fishes avoid detection

By Ken Kostel | July 17, 2020
fangtooth

New York Times

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Environmental threats of seafloor mining to the Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | July 16, 2020
illustration of sea floor mining

PNAS

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Bringing Light to the Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | June 15, 2020
larvacean house

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

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FREE EVENT: Buttonwood Park Zoo offers virtual look at ‘Ocean Twilight Zone’

By Ken Kostel | April 30, 2020

Buttonwood Park Zoo

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The oceans’ twilight zone must be studied now, before it is too late

By Ken Kostel | March 31, 2020
Elongated bristlemouth (Sigmops-elongatus)

Nature

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The Largest Mass Migration on The Planet Happens Every Single Day, And We Never See It

By Ken Kostel | March 24, 2020

At night, they rise. As the Sun disappears over the horizon, a vast movement takes place in the world’s oceans,…

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Enter the Twilight Zone: Scientists dive into the oceans’ mysterious middle

By Ken Kostel | February 28, 2020

Nature

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  • Fishing in the Twilight Zone: Illuminating governance challenges at the next fisheries frontier November 23, 2020

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