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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...

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Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

Penguins are odd birds. For one, they cannot fly (but they are amazing swimmers),...

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World Ocean Day 2011 'Splash' Mob

It was a typical summer day in the Sant Ocean Hall at the National Museum of...

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How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

Solving environmental problems often starts with small groups of people working to...

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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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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) are incredible birds. They have a...

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Celebrating Marine Moms

The ocean is home to many moms of all shapes and sizes: from charismatic polar...

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Punta Tombo Penguins

Every breeding season, some 400,000 Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus)...

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Band-rumped Storm-petrels

Band-rumped Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma castro) are quite a bit larger and heavier...

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Black-Capped Petrel

Once common in the West Indies, the Black Capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata),...

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Red Pharalopes

Red Phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) are a type of sandpiper that have...

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Pomarine Jaeger Skims the Surface

Pomarine Jaegers (Stercorarius pomarinus), also known as Pomarine Skuas, are...