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A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.
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
Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Swimming With Sharks

Lying in water only a foot deep, I watched the shark meander lazily through the...
October 2011
A scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica.
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Do Sharks Smell in Stereo?

Animals, on land and in the ocean, live in a 3-D world, and they depend on their...
November 2010
A great white shark in the waters of the coast of Guadelupe, Mexico.
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How Realistic is the Shark Science in "The Shallows"?

When The Shallows hits theaters June 24—non-coincidentally kicking off both Shark...
June 2016
An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.
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Five Questions with Uta Passow, How An Oil Spill Affects the Movement of Carbon In the Ocean

There are millions of tiny drifting plants in the sunlit ocean, called...
March 2015
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