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Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...

May 2012

Home is where the hull is: Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with pesky creatures, such as barnacles, that “foul” ship hulls and boat propellers like this one.

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No Fouling Around

Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with the pesky creatures...

December 2010

Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Salmon are one of the most widely loved varieties of seafood in the world. A...

December 2010