A major new DEEPEND paper is out now describing major and sustained decreases in the deep-pelagic animals living in the Gulf.

Now that we're back and starting the new academic year, it seems like a good time to highlight a few of the big events that took place over the summer! After kicking off the summer with the 2026 Gulf Conference and our 11th DEEPEND research cruise, we took a short pause for breath, and then Tracey Sutton and I headed out to the inaugural MIDSEC meeting, held in a beautiful castle in Sweden. This meeting was held over the course of 5 days and brought together a number of world

We're back to sea for DP11!

Learn more about our new paper examining the effects of mesoscale eddies on mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Mexico

The first Rice's Whale Collaborative Science Workshop was held on October 29-30, 2024 at FIU's International Center for Tropical Botany...

I am very excited to announce that our DEEPEND|RESTORE funding has been extended for another five years, and we are ready to kick off...

The Seascape Ecology Lab and DEEPEND program had a great showing at this year's Gulf of Mexico Conference (GOMCON 2024) with several...