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Heroes of Herbivory
Coral restoration, often in the form of growing corals in a lab or in field-based...
June 2020

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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures
A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...
March 2019
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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam
The pre-industrial American landscape was once rightly described as a place where...
March 2014

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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic
Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...
March 2014

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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later
Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig...
April 2012

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A Plague of Sea Stars
Sea stars are important members of marine ecosystems, especially in the tropics. We...
May 2011

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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

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?
Lately we’ve been fielding questions from Smithsonian visitors wondering how they...
June 2010

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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

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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

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How Methane Fueled a Food Web after the Gulf Oil Spill
In August 1994, Mandy Joye dove to the deep sea in a submersible for the first...
January 2015

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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