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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
Personal Perspectives
The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars
Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015
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How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey
Not all slugs (snails without shells) are slimy brown pests found in your backyard...
January 2014
Personal Perspectives
How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep
It is a well-known fact that for animals living in the deep sea, food can be...
February 2013
Personal Perspectives
A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum
The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...
May 2012
Personal Perspectives
On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance
The ocean is home to a phenomenal diversity of marine organisms. They have evolved...
August 2011
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A Plague of Sea Stars
Sea stars are important members of marine ecosystems, especially in the tropics. We...
May 2011
Personal Perspectives
The Invisible Loss: The Impacts of Oil You Do Not See
Since late April, the world has watched a devastating oil spill from a BP drilling...
June 2010
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Sea Slugs: One Species at a Time
Come one, come all! See the amazing, the astonishing, half-animal, half-plant!...
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 14:12
A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend
Five thousand feet (1,524 meters) beneath the sea in the Gulf of Mexico, an...
August 2017
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Sickly Starfish: A Q&A with Dr. Chris Mah
Since summer 2013, starfish along both coasts of the United States have been dying...
December 2013
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Seamounts: Underwater Oases
Thousands of seamounts—most of them undersea volcanoes—tower above the muddy...
December 2009