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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition
Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...
December 2018
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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?
Drifting throughout the ocean, invisible to the naked eye, are innumerable...
August 2018
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Seaside Lichens
Very few plant species can survive close to the ocean, where pounding surf fills...
August 2015
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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
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How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey
Not all slugs (snails without shells) are slimy brown pests found in your backyard...
January 2014
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The Great Hermit Crab Migration
Over the last few days, a video of hermit crabs stampeding across the rocky shores...
September 2012
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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
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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
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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna
Shortly after their first birthday, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)...
September 2017
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous
In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides...
August 2017
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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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Scientists Use Bioacoustics to Protect Marine Mammals
Marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, and seals have an amazing ability to hold...
September 2011