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Waving Sea Fans
Sea fans—softer-bodied coral relatives—colonizing a dead stony coral framework. ...
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Ancient Reefs Reveal Glimpse at Future Oceans
Envision a coral reef and a rainbow of colors come to mind. Brilliantly colored...
September 2020
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Heroes of Herbivory
Coral restoration, often in the form of growing corals in a lab or in field-based...
June 2020
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers
The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
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Stories of Success from a Reef Report Card
Coral reef ecosystems face daunting threats worldwide. Human impacts, such as...
May 2020
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The Story of Stashed Whale Baleen
In 2012, John Ososky, a specimen preparator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum...
September 2019
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Disease Takes Hold
The white splotches are lesions of infected coral. ...
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Healthy Coral Polyps
Healthy coral is colorful. The entire coral is actually a colony of many little...
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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida
Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...
August 2019
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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
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Birth of an Atoll
An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef that forms as an old volcano erodes. This...
Fri, 06/08/2018 - 14:18
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Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef
How does a coral spend its day? Most of us would say: not doing much. To the human...
Thu, 02/15/2018 - 10:59