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A squat lobster and blackbelly rosefish find shelter on a Lophelia pertusa coral reef off the southeastern United States.
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Deep-sea Corals

It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...
April 2018
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Expedition to the Poles

Students will use NASA satellite data to...
Tue, 07/19/2011 - 15:56
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What Was for Dinner?

Students will be able to compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis as...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:43
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Why Do We Explore the Ocean?

Students will be able to discuss why scientists believe there are important...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 18:18
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Learning Ocean Science Through Ocean Exploration

A curriculum for teachers of Grades 6-12 that takes lesson plans that were...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 17:30
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Tale of a Whale

Students exercise their observation skills to do some of the actual work of marine...
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:03
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A transparent box jellyfish with a blue background.
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Box Jellyfish: One Species at a Time

In this episode of the Podcast of Life, learn how three fiery, painful stings...
Fri, 04/02/2010 - 12:16
Red and white riftia worms living in a deep-sea vent.
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Riftia Worms: One Species at a Time

In this episode of the Podcast of Life, host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to...
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 16:31
A school of Atlantic bluefin tuna swimming.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: One Species at a Time

What is it like to be eyeball to eyeball with a fish the size of a Volkswagen? In...
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 18:57
The Encyclopedia of Life brings us another installment of the podcast, One Species at a Time. In this podcast, host Ari Daniel Shapiro relates two close calls with polar bears. Listen as Heather Cray recalls how, dumped by a storm on a small Arct
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Polar Bears: One Species at a Time

The Encyclopedia of Life brings us another installment of the podcast, One...
Tue, 06/28/2011 - 14:25
Listen to what happens when researchers in a tiny boat are surrounded by huge North Atlantic Right Whales.
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North Atlantic Right Whale: One Species at a Time

Hear how research unfolds at sea in a tiny Zodiac surrounded by creatures that...
Tue, 12/22/2009 - 14:14
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