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Personal Perspectives
Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root
I got a lot of funny looks at the airport when I opened the oversized cooler for...
October 2017
Personal Perspectives
Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own
The deep-sea is a vast part of the world’s ocean. Even today, it often surprises...
October 2017
Personal Perspectives
Why I Love Polychaetes
Polychaete worms are not your average cringe-inducing, writhing worms. (Okay, maybe...
July 2015
Personal Perspectives
The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars
Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015
Personal Perspectives
Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship
I am once again leaving my familiar world behind and descending into the abyss...
February 2015
Personal Perspectives
Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak
In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...
November 2013
Personal Perspectives
Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs
As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...
September 2013
Personal Perspectives
The Design of a Beautiful Weapon
This summer, many of you have likely enjoyed feasting on crabs, be they blue,...
September 2013
Personal Perspectives
Ribbon Worm Redux
Even on an early winter morning, it was sunny and warm in southern Florida. This...
July 2013
Personal Perspectives
Ocean Acidification Excites Boring Sponges
Boring sponges get a bad rap. Their own name betrays them, announcing to the world...
March 2013
Personal Perspectives
The Search for an Elusive Ribbon Worm
With 1,400 named species of ribbon worms inhabiting every ecosystem on earth,...
March 2013
Personal Perspectives
How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep
It is a well-known fact that for animals living in the deep sea, food can be...
February 2013