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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By now, you have probably heard of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The name...
April 2015
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Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution
Large whales are notoriously hard to study. Except when rising to breathe, they...
March 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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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
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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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Saving Sharks and Dolphins, Near and Far
Sophi Bromenshenkel is an unlikely shark-lover. She's eight years old and hails...
June 2011
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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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Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive
Progress for Eight Endangered Ocean Creatures From snails to whales,...
January 2017
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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
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5 Invasive Species You Should Know
Regardless of what continent you live on, the waters that surround it are home to...
September 2011