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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...

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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

On the deep seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, ecosystems made up of fish, corals, sea...

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Hidden beneath Arctic ice is a world few have ever seen. Take the icy plunge with a...

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Mangroves: Photos of Plants and Animals

Mangrove is the name for a tree—and also for a complex ecosystem—that bridges...

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I got a lot of funny looks at the airport when I opened the oversized cooler for...

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Who hasn’t grinned at the sight of a sea otter floating on its back while...

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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...

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There can be catastrophic results when a large amount of oil is spilled into the...

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You are not alone if you don’t know what forams (short for foraminifera) are, so...

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Humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) are the most abundant baleen whale in the...

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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later

Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig...