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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
Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine
Cashes Ledge is a wild, special place in the heart of the Gulf of Maine. This...
November 2014
Personal Perspectives
From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs
Reef biologists over a certain age are haunted by memories of what glorious places...
July 2014
Personal Perspectives
Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans
If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...
June 2014
Personal Perspectives
Ribbon Worm Redux
Even on an early winter morning, it was sunny and warm in southern Florida. This...
July 2013
Personal Perspectives
Helpful Herbivores
When snorkeling in the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in West...
June 2013
Personal Perspectives
4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird
Most people have never heard of the Hawaiian petrel, an endangered, crow-sized...
May 2013
Personal Perspectives
Field Notes from the East African Coast
We began this journey three months ago, a team of scientists and filmmakers...
April 2013
Personal Perspectives
The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa
When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...
November 2012
Personal Perspectives
Make Me Care About: Phragmites
This week at the Smithsonian Ocean Portal we embark on an experiment we're calling...
March 2011
Personal Perspectives
Love Salmon? Listen Up.
Salmon are one of the most widely loved varieties of seafood in the world. A...
December 2010
Personal Perspectives
Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
All over the world, people have been witnessing gigantic blooms of tens of...
November 2010