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Cleaning Bonaire's Beaches

Bonaire, a small Caribbean island just north of Venezuela, is routinely ranked as a...

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The Porcelain Crab

Anemone porcelain crabs may look delicate but they have their own sort of armor: a...

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The Dangerous Blue Octopus

The blue-lined octopus may be small, growing to at most 15 cm, but it can be...

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Tide Pools and Adaptations

Adaptation is the key word if you are looking to survive in a tide pool, a space...

Personal Perspectives

Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...

Personal Perspectives

The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

This summer, many of you have likely enjoyed feasting on crabs, be they blue,...

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Claws Out: Fiddler Crabs Do Battle

Male fiddler crabs each have a single super-sized claw that they use as a weapon to...

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Trash on the Beach and in the Ocean

While conducting field work in Curaçao in 2011, Smithsonian researchers...