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The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

While out collecting invertebrates for research, Karen Osborn, a research zoologist...
July 2020
The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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The Ultra-Black Pacific Blackdragon

The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) is the...
A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.
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Surprising Results Upon Reexamining the Curious Jaw of the Moray Eel

In morphology there is no such thing as insignificant detail; each observation,...
September 2019
an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...
December 2018
A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...
September 2018
A Honduran small-scale fisherman on a boat setting out to fish.
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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

Imagine taking a few measurements from a freshly caught fish and from that small...
August 2018
Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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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...
July 2018
A green mahi-mahi fish underwater
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Up Close with a Mahi Mahi

Mahi-mahi (also known as the common dolphinfish or dorado) are some of the most...
Thumbnail of man driving outboard on the ocean.
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Ocean Optimism Video - Linking Communities to Fisheries Science

Fish populations all over the world are declining due to overfishing and marine...
Tue, 07/18/2017 - 16:50
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Ocean Optimism Video - Slow Down For Right Whales

Whaling, beginning in the 1600s, killed thousands of North Atlantic right whales...
Fri, 06/02/2017 - 07:25
Dr. Candy Feller, Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center underscores the challenges facing mangroves, along with reasons for hope. 
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Living on the Edge: Mangroves

Mangroves are the biological buffers between land and sea. Without them,...
Wed, 09/28/2016 - 12:06
A screenshot from the video showing a large marlin sculpture made of ocean plastic.
video

The Making of a Marlin

Watch how a group of 9 staff members and 487 volunteers from Washed Ashore, a...
Wed, 08/12/2015 - 09:44

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