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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...

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Medicines from the Sea

You may not think of the ocean as a pharmacy but scientists are developing exciting...

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It may be the last place you’d expect to find corals—up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft)...

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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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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...

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A Bryozoan's Medical Endosymbiont

The spiral-tufted bryozoan (Bugula neritina) is being studied for a potential...

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Growing Bacteria from Corals

Searching for useful chemicals, marine scientists grow bacteria associated with...

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Treated Cancer Cells

These cancer cells have been treated with discodermolide, a chemical obtained from...

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Biomimicry Shark Denticles

Great White Sharks are stealthy hunters and the secret is in their skin. Shark skin...

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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

How do we know where ocean animals swim day and night? Scientists are getting...

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Cancer-Fighting Sponges?

Dr. Patrick Colin, of the Coral Reef Research Foundation in Palau, examines a...

The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping

Life is typically sparse on the deep seafloor, where organisms endure high...