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Trout cages in 30 feet of water.
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Aquaculture Comes Full Circle

Until recently we were farmers on land and hunter-gatherers at sea, but how we get...
September 2015
Illustration of colorful nudibranchs from Ernst Haeckel.
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Art Forms in Nature: Marine Species From Ernst Haeckel

Today’s discoveries about our planet’s biological diversity build upon the...
June 2015
A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

The Kemp’s ridley is a “riddler” among sea turtles. Although the species was...
May 2014
A newly established black mangrove sits in a field of salt marsh near the northern limit of mangroves in Florida. Mangroves have been expanding near their northern limit in Florida and the expansion is linked to a reduction in the frequency of ex
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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....
February 2014
Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition)

How do you make science sing? Just ask a couple of female scientists to sing about...
July 2012
A school of bluefin tuna
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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Shortly after their first birthday, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)...
September 2017
Jeweler Palovi Baezar with her first set of lionfish earrings, which she made in the summer of 2013.
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When Life Gives You Lionfish…

It was the summer of 2013, and Phil Karp was staring at a dead lionfish. Earlier,...
July 2017
Happy World Ocean Day!
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Coral Letters: A Message from the Corals of Curacao

If you look closely, you can read a message in the corals. We are not being...
June 2015
10 grains of star shaped sand collected from southern Japan
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The Sant Ocean Hall: Life in the Sand Exhibit

Soft sand, gentle waves, colorful beach glass, seaweed, and scattered shells. It...
September 2011
A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.
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When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef

The “Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef,” a unique exhibition and thought-provoking...
October 2010
Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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What is a Sea Vegetable?

Take a trip to the produce aisle in any Western country’s grocery store and you...
February 2021
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