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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

Between 100 and 65 million years ago, at the time when dinosaurs reigned on land,...

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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains 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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A Turtle or a Sea Snake?

Like other sea snakes, the turtle-headed sea snake (Emydocephalus annulatus) has...

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Papahanaumokuakea, United States

The Papahānaumokuākea site in the United States was inscribed on the...

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Cerro Azul, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands

A giant tortoise subspecies (Geochelone nigra vicina) lives on Isabela Island in...

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Galapagos Tortoise

On the Galapagos Islands, William Dampier wrote excitedly of the giant tortoises he...

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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...

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Foraminifera

Microscopic, single-celled organisms called foraminifera have a fossil record that...

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The ocean is home to a phenomenal diversity of marine organisms. They have evolved...

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Latin names of species may seem boring—a litany of extra-long names in a dead...

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Star Sand Grains Collected from Southern Japan

These star-shaped grains of sand, collected from southern Japan, look like...