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Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses
Slip into the water along a sheltered coast in nearly any part of the world and...
May 2015

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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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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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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem
Any floating object in the ocean tends to attract life; fishermen know this and...
July 2013

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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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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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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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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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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna
Shortly after their first birthday, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)...
September 2017

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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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Here Comes Santa Claws
Santa isn’t the only long-distance traveler in a red suit—at the beginning of...
December 2016