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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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Oyster Disease

Along the East Coast of the United States, two diseases can cause significant...

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Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long?

Gelatinous drifters that move in a mesmerizing way, jellyfish are beautiful...

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Farming Oysters Despite Acidic Seas

Bill Taylor, Paul Taylor, Diani Taylor and Brittany Taylor have more in common than...

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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...

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Photo Sequence of Great White Shark Hunting

Great white sharks are athletic hunters, leaping completely out of the water as...

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X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

Scientists in the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of...

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The Borer of Holes

These clams (Pholas dactylus) are dazzling to see.  From their encased homes,...

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The Loco of Chile

The loco (Concholepas concholepas, often called the Chilean abalone, although it...

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Spaceship Mollusk

No, this is not an alien spaceship from another world—it is a baby file clam...

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A Snail's Rainbow Radula

This abstract image is a close-up of the tiny teeth that cover the radula of a...

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The Bobbit Worm

There aren't any mummies or zombies buried under the seafloor: instead the ocean...