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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.

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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

Welcome to Moorea, a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the vast Pacific....

April 2018

On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.

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Sea Level Rise

The ocean never stops moving. When you visit the beach, waves roll in and recede...

April 2018

This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.

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The Census of Marine Life

Did you know that over 17,000 species thrive in the deep sea where no light...

April 2018