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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...
August 2019
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
A Honduran small-scale fisherman on a boat setting out to fish.
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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

Imagine taking a few measurements from a freshly caught fish and from that small...
August 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 tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.
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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

Top predators along the California coast are having a rough year. Recently starving...
May 2015
Large numbers of grey reef sharks were observed at Jarvis Island, an uninhabited Pacific island, during the 2010 Pacific RAMP expedition of the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai.
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Reef Sharks Repelled by People

Reef sharks rarely get any love. These sharks, comprising several species, loiter...
April 2012
A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.
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Coral Reefs Need You

For those of you who have had the opportunity to visit a coral reef, you know that...
October 2010
A dish of halibut
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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...
February 2018
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
A lionfish dish is laid out and ready to eat.
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Swap Your Turkey for a “Turkeyfish” This Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of those uniquely American holidays – a time for thankful...
November 2016
Freshly cut dorsal fin from a scalloped hammerhead shark held by fisherman with knife.
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Shark Finning: Sharks Turned Prey

Sharks have been feared hunters ever since people first observed them swimming in...
August 2013
Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.
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5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

  More than ever, the fate of the ocean is in our hands. To be good...
September 2011

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