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Seagrasses and Light in the Chesapeake Bay

Seagrasses growing on the seafloor of the Chesapeake Bay rely on light to...

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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...

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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle

Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller...

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Glassy Radiolarian Beauty

The shells of radiolarians rank among some of the treasures of the ocean, with...

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Sea Gooseberry Larva

These beautiful wisps are the hair-like cilia of a sea gooseberry larva, a common...

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X-Ray Image of a Smalltooth Sawfish

The long toothy rostrum or “saw” gives sawfish their common name. They use the...

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Johnson's Seagrass

Johnson's seagrass (Halophila johnsonii) is the lone ocean plant species...

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Coral Goby Cleans Coral

One of the first signs of a sick coral reef is seaweed creeping across...

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Leatherback Sea Turtle, Playa Grande, Costa Rica

“Leatherback turtles are critically endangered, and this young hatchling is a...

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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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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Microbes Help Corals Pick a Home and Settle Down

Bacteria are everywhere in the ocean. They live in the water, on virtually every...

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Signs of a Recovering Harbor

For more than two centuries, Boston Harbor has been a dumping ground. In 1773,...