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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...

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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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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...

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Jorge Velez-Juarbe

Jorge Velez-Juarbe is Predoctoral Fellow in the Department of...

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Oceanographer Xavier Pastor

Oceanographer and executive director of Oceana Europe, Xavier Pastor, led the...

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Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

Peter Auster and colleagues direct a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive on the...

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NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Museum Specialist Yolanda Villacampa

Yolanda Villacampa is a museum specialist in the invertebrate zoology department of...

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NMNH Paleobiology Curator Ian Macintyre

Ian G. Macintyre, Curator of Carbonate Sedimentology, Smithsonian National Museum...

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Goose-Beaked Whale Post-Mortem

Charles Potter (left) and Dr. James Mead of the Smithsonian perform a post-mortem...

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Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

I am once again leaving my familiar world behind and descending into the abyss...

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...

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One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

My father once told me that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those...