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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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Bite Size: Bull Shark Predation of Tarpon

Follow a journey with satellite tags placed on bull sharks and tarpon. Both of...

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Encounters with Bioluminescent Creatures

Scientists describe the amazing bioluminescent creatures they encounter as they...

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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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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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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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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

In the spring of 2011, a research crew from Oceana spent two months in the...

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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...

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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...

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I Found the Pineapple!

Is that fruit swimming in the ocean? Well it may look like fruit, but it's actually...

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Pearly Razorfish

The pearly razorfish’s name may be slightly misleading since it is neither as...

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Striped Eel Catfish

When most people think of catfish, they think of a freshwater fish. But the striped...