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An Atlantic wolffish hiding on Cashes Ledge off the New England coast.

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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

These zooplankton collected on a research cruise include a jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel, two large orange shrimp, a fuzzy pyrosome (which is bioluminescent), and several smaller animals.

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One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

My father once told me that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those...

December 2012

Coral Head Near Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii

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World Heritage Goes Marine

Last week, the United Nations’ World Heritage Convention went blue. Two of the...

August 2010