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Director, Ocean Genome Legacy Center & Professor of Marine Science at Northeastern University

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Here’s all you need to know about the stealthiest creatures in the ocean

Type “cephalopod camouflage” into YouTube and be prepared to gasp. Cephalopods—which include octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish—can change their color, shape, and texture to blend in…
- Allie Nicodemo June 20, 2018
‘Unicorn’ shipworm could reveal clues about human medicine and bacterial infections

Northeastern professor Daniel Distel and his colleagues have discovered a dark slithering creature four feet long that dwells in the foul mud of a remote…
- Thea Singer April 24, 2017
Researchers discover new digestive strategy in shipworms

An international research team led by Dan Distel, director of the Ocean Genome Legacy at Northeastern University, has discovered a novel digestive strategy in a…
- Greg St. Martin November 10, 2014