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an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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An albatross soars over the ocean.

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Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life

An underwater photo of Southern Bluefin Tuna swimming above a fish farm net.

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Tunas and Marlins Officially Classified as Threatened

Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

an illustration of pufferfish species and their relatives

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Pufferfishes and Their Relatives

A green mahi-mahi fish underwater

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Fish Heart Out of Water

Wooden painted fish on a school fence.

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Chinook Salmon: One Species at a Time

Tiny jellies in a petri dish.

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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.

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Surprising Results Upon Reexamining the Curious Jaw of the Moray Eel

A photo of Oceana's ice class research vessel, the Hanse Explorer, on the Baltic Sea.

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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.

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Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery

A sea toad from the deep waters off of Curacao.

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Collections from Curaçao

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

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There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable