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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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Really Small Fry: Shifting Baselines in Marine Fish Stocks

A public service announcement uses a dramatic example to emphasize that ocean fish...

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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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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

Worldwide, fisheries touch our lives in countless ways. If well maintained, they...

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Are You My Mommy?

Human infants often already resemble their parents. Visitors coo, "Oh, she has your...

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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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A Library of Puffer Fish DNA

Some fish you can fry up in the pan, no questions asked. Others require a bit of...

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Tagged Atlantic Cod

So far, researchers have developed DNA barcodes to accurately identify 4,600 of the...

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How to Catch a Fish

After an introduction to the variety of current fishing methods, students learn...

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Seafood for Thought

Sunday, November 21 marks World Fisheries Day, an annual occasion observed in many...

Meet the Tiny Bacteria That Give Anglerfishes Their Spooky Glow

Descend two hundred meters (about 656 feet) below the surface and the ocean is...

Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

You’ve probably heard of genetics—you can now swab your mouth and use DNA to...