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Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal

Monk seals -- the only completely tropical species of seal in the world -- are in...

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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...

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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...

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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Antarctic

Seasons in the Ross Sea are marked by ice freezing and melting, and these processes...

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Habitat for Leatherback Turtles

Endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtles now have nearly 42,000 square miles of...

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Deep-Water Larvacean

Found in Arctic waters, this rare deep-water species of larvacean, Oikopleura...

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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...

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Protecting Fragile Species

Sarah Gotheil, from IUCN Global Marine Programme, snapped this photo in the course...

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When Ships Strike

Phoenix’s mother, Stumpy (#1004), was killed in a collision with a ship near...

Lesson Plan

Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast the feeding...

Lesson Plan

Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton

In this activity, students will be able to compare and contrast at least three...