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Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

Penguins are odd birds. For one, they cannot fly (but they are amazing swimmers),...

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Changing Tides - Brave New Ocean

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ocean acidification, and the decline of fish...

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Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Jellyfish and comb jellies are gelatinous animals that drift through the ocean's...

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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...

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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened

Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of all...

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The Mudflat Fiddler Crab

A male mudflat fiddler crab (Uca rapax) waves its huge claw to impress females and...

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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

The Kemp’s ridley is a “riddler” among sea turtles. Although the species was...

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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...

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Sneak Peek: Future of Coral Reefs in an Acidifying Ocean

Scientists don’t often get the opportunity to travel through time. But nestled...

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Resolve to Protect the Ocean

Happy New Year! We’ve officially hit mid-January, but there is still plenty of...

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From Field to Lab: How Carbon Seeps Provide a Chance to See Future Impacts of Ocean Acidification

Every year, humans spew billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the...