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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead...

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Map of the Ross Sea

The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...

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Deep-Sea Coral Reef Map

This 3-D colored map of Chapman’s Reef—a deep-sea coral reef near Florida—was...

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Flippers, Jawbones, and Blowholes: Marine Specimens Inspire Artists

Rachel Caauwe was one of a dozen artists who spent a recent Saturday sketching...

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Arctic Sea Cucumber

This species of deep-water sea cucumber (Elpidia belyaevi) was discovered by Census...

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Map of New England Seamount Chain

The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean. It...

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Undersea Geologic Features: Bathymetry

Students create models of undersea geologic features on a bathymetric chart....

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Game of Life

The goal of this game is to illustrate to the students what happens to a fish stock...

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Net Results

Students will study and replicate a model of the factors affecting fisheries...

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Map of the Magnitude 5.8 Virginia Earthquake of 2011

On August 23, 2011 a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the East Coast of the United...

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Low Tide on the Gulf Coast

Gulf Coast of Florida tidal flats exposed by an early morning low tide ...