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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
Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
Article

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 screenshot from video of a lobster.
video

A Rainbow of Colorful Lobsters

Most lobsters are a mottled brown color, but sometimes you can see a strange orange...
Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:41
fish swim in a net
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Reducing Bycatch

Bycatch, the name given to fish and other ocean animals that are caught...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 12:18
an upside down scuba diver
video

Building Good Mussels

A new wave of farming has come to the ocean. It’s called aquaculture. And it’s...
Mon, 09/21/2015 - 09:47
Screenshot of "Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves" showing a boat heading into the mangroves.
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Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves

At Carrie Bow Cay in Belize, Dr. Candy Feller explains her research on the effect...
Thu, 03/08/2018 - 09:43
Mangrove Salt Glands
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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater

Looking at a white mangrove (Avicennia marina) leaf cross-section under the...
Red Algae
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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
Tardigrade Under the Microscope
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Psychedelic Tardigrade

Tardigrades, which are usually less than 1 mm long, can be found in almost every...
A spiraled diatom with spines.
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A Diatom Helix

This beautiful marine diatom Chaetoceros debilis was caught in the North Sea. Not...
Photographer Brian Skerry walks knee deep in a mangrove in the Bahamas.
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On the Hunt for a Perfect Photo in the Mangroves

Photographer Brian Skerry hikes through a mangrove in Bimini (The Bahamas) to scout...
The sargassum hosts bryozoans, hydroids and more obviously, crustaceans like a baby swimming crab.
Photo

Tiny Crab in the Sargassum

The sargassum is coated with encrusting organisms, such as bryozoans and...

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