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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...

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Audubon's Shearwater

One of the smallest shearwaters in the Atlantic, Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus...

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Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwaters (Ardenna grisea) are the migration kings of the ocean and cover...

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Laysan Albatross with a Chick

The Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) breeds mainly in Hawaii and other...

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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein...

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Tern and Loggerhead Sea Turtle, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

“I slowly approached this bird resting on the back of a turtle just under the...

Personal Perspectives

12,000 Miles to Go: Migrating with Shearwaters

Oceanic birds are a rare treat to see because these birds are not casual visitors...

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Migratory Seabirds: A Slideshow

All seabirds spend a significant part of their lives at sea, and many experience...

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Great Shearwater in Flight

'Austral' or southern breeders, Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) migrate from...

Personal Perspectives

4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird

Most people have never heard of the Hawaiian petrel, an endangered, crow-sized...

Personal Perspectives

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...