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The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

While out collecting invertebrates for research, Karen Osborn, a research zoologist...
July 2020
A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...
September 2018
An image from a drone of Majuro island
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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018
Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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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
A "reef hotel" made of PVS layers on the seafloor.
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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
Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

How do we know where ocean animals swim day and night? Scientists are getting...
May 2012
A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth
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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence

What does a bioluminescent creature that lives more than two miles below the...
November 2011
A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures
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Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

Have you ever gone to your favorite coastal or lakeside beach and instead of having...
September 2011
A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...
November 2017
Two killer whales.
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How Drones in the Sky Unlock Secrets of the Sea

In August 2015, a group of ocean researchers gathered on the coast of Costa Rica to...
October 2016
Cleaning up abandoned fishing nets
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Upcycled Ocean Plastic

The Possibilities Are Endless For Reuse of Plastic Ocean Trash Today, most...
August 2016
An algal bloom, also known as a red tide, has converted the ocean's surf to a red color
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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms

Algae, like all organisms, normally grow in balance with their ecosystems, limited...
July 2011

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