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Tech Imitates Life: Sneaky Sea Worm Inspires Soft Robots
Technology is evolving faster than ever, and that means sci-fi fantasies of...
November 2019
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Citizens of the High Seas
In a world where land is partitioned into countries with defined borders, the ocean...
August 2019
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Meet the Only Squid that Willfully Lops off its Arms
Lopping off one’s arm sounds like a harrowing experience, but for one deep-sea...
August 2019
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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur
Between 100 and 65 million years ago, at the time when dinosaurs reigned on land,...
November 2018
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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come
Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...
October 2018
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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean
DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...
July 2018
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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium
In the late 1970s, Walter Adey, a paleobiologist and coral reef researcher at the...
October 2017
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows
In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...
August 2016
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Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles
The Ocean Portal was lucky enough to join the Deep Reef Observation Project team in...
October 2015
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Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution
Large whales are notoriously hard to study. Except when rising to breathe, they...
March 2015
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Worth the Investment: Ocean Real Estate Reveals Hidden Diversity
Good real estate is hard to find. This is as true underwater as it is on land. So...
February 2015