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Phoenix swimming with her calf.

Scientists Use Bioacoustics to Protect Marine Mammals

A blue-ringed octopus

How Octopuses and Squids Change Color

Hundreds of illustrated red crabs gathering on sand with Santa hats.

Here Comes Santa Claws

A female (top left) and male Photerus annecohenae. Note that females are larger than males (sexual dimorphism) and that males have bigger eyes.

You Light Up My World!

A school of mahi mahi.

From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi

A narwhal breaches the surface, its tusk pointed to the sky

Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

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

Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A school of bluefin tuna

The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

A beaked whale at the ocean's surface

Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.

A Tale of Sex and Stress in the Ocean

Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.

Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

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