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a hammerhead shark

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Shark Fin Genetics

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Marine Forensics

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.

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Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.

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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

Alexis Temkin stands in marsh grass holding a reptile.

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Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

A sea sponge underwater

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Sea Sponges: Pharmacies of the Sea

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

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

With their brown and yellow markings, seaside sparrows (Ammodramus maritimus) blend in well with marshgrass.

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Beyond the Sea: How Oil Spills in the Ocean Affect Birds On Land

Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.

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Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.

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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.

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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

The ribbon worm seen here, Ramphogordius sanguineus, is known to regenerate after losing a part of its body.

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Ribbon Worm Redux