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The Weird, Wonderful World of Bioluminescence

“It’s a little appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make...

slideshow

X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

Scientists in the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of...

slideshow

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...

Personal Perspectives

Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...

Personal Perspectives

Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...

Article

Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

The pre-industrial American landscape was once rightly described as a place where...

Article

Happy 50th Birthday, FLIP – a Mobile Research Island

Ships are well-known for their tiny rooms and tight quarters. But have you heard of...

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North Atlantic Right Whale: One Species at a Time

Hear how research unfolds at sea in a tiny Zodiac surrounded by creatures that...

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Sanibel Island Shells: One Species at a Time

Ari Daniel Shapiro is joined for this episode of One Species at a Time by serious...

Article

Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...

How Do Sea Lions Swim?

A family of tourists in Canada’s Steveston Harbor recently got a treat when a...

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The Whale Acoustic Lab

John Hildebrand discusses his research at the Scripps Whale Acoustic Lab on the...