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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

The narwhal is an elusive mammal. During the winter months they feed in the deep...

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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...

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Smithsonian Paleobiologist Brian Huber

Brian Huber studies fossil organisms known as “forams” to learn about climate...

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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist

Drilling near the North Pole, Dr. Jan Backman reveals a brief moment in time when...

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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

Dr. Karen Bice studies the foraminifera in ocean sediment to better understand...

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Sea Level Rise

The ocean never stops moving. When you visit the beach, waves roll in and recede...

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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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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater

Looking at a white mangrove (Avicennia marina) leaf cross-section under the...

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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....

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A Diatom Helix

This beautiful marine diatom Chaetoceros debilis was caught in the North Sea. Not...

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Photographing Captured Animals

To document fragile organisms found in the Arctic, scientist Kevin Raskoff builds...