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Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.

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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...

July 2018

Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.

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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

Jeweler Palovi Baezar with her first set of lionfish earrings, which she made in the summer of 2013.

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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