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In the News

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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The Ocean Twilight Zone’s crucial carbon pump

By Ken Kostel | January 24, 2020

Oceanus Magazine

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Paul Caiger hunts for things that glow in the Ocean Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | January 22, 2020

WHOI News and Insights

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Following the Elusive Swordfish

By Ken Kostel | November 7, 2019

WHOI News & Insights

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Video: This Deep-Sea Robot Will Explore the Depths of the Ocean Like Never Before

By Ken Kostel | August 27, 2019

Seeker

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The Lawless High Seas May Soon Gain Protections Under a Groundbreaking Ocean Treaty

By Ken Kostel | August 20, 2019

Gizmodo

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Following the DNA trail in the Pacific Ocean

By Ken Kostel | August 14, 2019
Analyzing eDNA

Mercury News

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