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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...

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What Makes Sponges Grow?

Sponges are animals that eat tiny food particles as they pump water through their...

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Coral Reefs Changing Over Time

How do we know what coral reefs looked like hundreds of years ago? Often times, we...

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Visit the Line Islands with Reef Ecologist Dr. Stuart Sandin

A number of questions have inspired marine ecologist Stuart Sandin to...

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The Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists on the tiny island of Moorea, in the Pacific, are gathering one of every...

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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....

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Studying Deep-Sea Corals

What happens to deep-sea coral samples after they are collected? In this image...

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Fan Sponge

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

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Deep-Sea Coral Community

Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a...

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Diving in Guam

Dr. Valerie Paul is studying chemical defenses that may protect coral reefs from...

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Dr. Stephen Cairns

Dr. Stephen Cairns is a research zoologist and chair of the Department of...

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Research Diver in Moorea

Dr. Claude Payri, a researcher working on the Moorea Biocode Project, collects...