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Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

Baby Sea Turtles in Jalisco, Mexico

“It is strange to think of a sea turtle as an ecosystem,” says Amanda Feuerstein, program coordinator and research assistant at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, “but they are…they have all of these other animals living on their skin and shells.”

Alaska Vulnerable to Invasive Species from Warmer Waters

Sea Squirts Fouling an Oyster Cage
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Alaska’s pristine coastline is ripe for an influx of invasive marine species such as the European green crab and the rough periwinkle (an Atlantic sea snail), warns a new study by a team of scientists from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

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