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Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...
July 2018
The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...
June 2018
a red lionfish
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Lionfish on the Loose

The majestic and highly predatory red lionfish (Pterois volitans), native to the...
Mon, 09/14/2015 - 09:06
two people in the water with mountains in the background
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Welcome to the Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists journey to the isolated island of Moorea on a quest to catalog every...
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 11:28
A view of the island of Moorea.
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The Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists on the tiny island of Moorea, in the Pacific, are gathering one of every...
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 16:48
On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

Welcome to Moorea, a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the vast Pacific....
April 2018
A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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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...
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 11:19
Harbor seal in a kelp forest near Cortes Bank, near San Diego California.
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Underwater Photography Contest from University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School

Every year the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric...
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 11:27
A spiraled diatom with spines.
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The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World

The ocean is so big that it can be easy to forget the microscopic beauty of the...
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 10:34
Orangutan crabs are covered in thin reddish hairs, and are frequently found living in bubble coral.
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Orangutan Crabs from Komodo Island

"While Komodo Island, Indonesia is famous for its giant prehistoric lizard, its...
This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and can be found in groups of hundreds.
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Purple Sea Urchin

This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and...
An unidentified moray eel held in researcher's hands.
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A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?

This is an unidentified moray eel, collected from 650 feet off the coast of...

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