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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Reef biologists over a certain age are haunted by memories of what glorious places...

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

The pre-industrial American landscape was once rightly described as a place where...

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Helpful Herbivores

When snorkeling in the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in West...

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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...

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Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

A few years ago, I was in New Zealand photographing a story about the value of...

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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

How do we know where ocean animals swim day and night? Scientists are getting...

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Saving Sharks and Dolphins, Near and Far

Sophi Bromenshenkel is an unlikely shark-lover. She's eight years old and hails...

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Devoted Dads: From Seahorses to Sea Spiders

If youngsters get cared for at all, the mother is usually involved. But in fish and...

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No Fouling Around

Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with the pesky creatures...

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Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

All over the world, people have been witnessing gigantic blooms of tens of...

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Do Sharks Smell in Stereo?

Animals, on land and in the ocean, live in a 3-D world, and they depend on their...

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America’s ever-changing relationship with seafood

A conversation with chef and author Barton Seaver In 1879, while fishing off the...