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fish, shrimp, and an octopus displayed in a tub of ice
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Seafood at the Market

A diverse array of seafood at a seafood market. ...
Illustration from video showing whales and fish underwater near an oil rig.
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The Adventures of Zack and Molly: Part 3

Find the version with Spanish subtitles here.  ...
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 09:34
Photo of totoaba swim bladders in market
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Totoaba Swim Bladders

Totoaba is so profitable that it is known as the “cocaine of the sea.” Their...
two brittle stars in a tank
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Brittle Star Splits

Splitting your body in two is a feat only a few animals can complete, and now...
January 2020
A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
a squid
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Meet the Only Squid that Willfully Lops off its Arms

Lopping off one’s arm sounds like a harrowing experience, but for one deep-sea...
August 2019
dead coral from disease
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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...
August 2019
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
Two fishers in a canoe fishing
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Two Fishers Fishing

Two small-scale fishers from Honduras on a fishing trip targeting reef fish on a...
a yellowtail snapper is hooked by a fisherman
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Hooked

A fisher from the Utila Cays small-scale fishery in Honduras hooks a yellowtail...
The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
Article

Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...
June 2018
Two young women with seafood on a tarp
Photo

Indonesia Fish Market

Many of the fish species people rely on to make a living live among the mangrove...

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