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Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef

How does a coral spend its day? Most of us would say: not doing much. To the human...

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Seagrasses and Light in the Chesapeake Bay

Seagrasses growing on the seafloor of the Chesapeake Bay rely on light to...

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Whale Rescue

When a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale becomes entangled in...

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Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching

Tiny plant-like organisms called zooxanthellae live in the tissues of many animals,...

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Turtles Caught in Abandoned Net

An abandoned fishing net carrying 17 dead sea turtles was discovered off the coast...

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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

The impacts of derelict fishing gear on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands coral reef...

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Discarded Gillnet Traps Fish

This roughly 300 foot long gill net was found abandoned on a shallow reef in the...

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Trevally Dying in Ghost Net, Oman

A Yellow spotted trevally struggles to free itself from a fisherman's discarded...

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Sparkling Sponge Spicules

These sparkling sponge spicules are microscopic needle-like structures that many...

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The Dragon of the Sea

Just like other seahorse species, male weedy sea dragons are the ones to get...

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Fishing with Dynamite

Blast fishing, when dynamite or other explosives are used to stun or kill fish, is...

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Fan Sponge

Dr. Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a...