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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...

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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

Worldwide, fisheries touch our lives in countless ways. If well maintained, they...

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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened

Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of all...

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Success Stories in Ocean Conservation

It is easy to feel hopeless when reading the news coverage of ocean conservation....

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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...

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Bycatch: The Cost of Catching What You Don’t Want

When people go out fishing, they  often have something specific in mind, but...

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Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

My internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History started off...

Personal Perspectives

What We’re Reading 10/6

Welcome to October, where there’s a lot going on in ocean news! Protecting...

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What We're Reading - 9/22

It’s hard to keep up with the latest news on the Internet. We all have...

Personal Perspectives

Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...

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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

The Kemp’s ridley is a “riddler” among sea turtles. Although the species was...

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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...