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Corals to Communication: Nancy Knowlton’s Success Focusing on the Imminent
Midsummer 1980 saw one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in......
August 2021
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A Captain’s Journey to the Antarctic
In the seas of Antarctica, nothing is assured. The weather is fickle, changing...
March 2022
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Joan Murrell Owens and her Button Corals
In the 1950s it was unheard of for a young Black woman to become a marine......
September 2022
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Swimming Against the Tide
You might have noticed that fish come in all different shapes and sizes, as......
September 2022
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Mary Rice: A Force of Nature
Dr. Mary Esther Rice spent her career pushing back against obstacles and refusing......
August 2021
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Dr. Marian Pettibone, A Woman of Firsts
Sixty years ago, when women more commonly assumed roles as secretaries or......
March 2023
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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow......
July 2018
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean
DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even......
July 2018
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Young Voices
Trials and Tribulations with Contamination
My internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History started off......
November 2017
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Let's Get Our Hands Dirty This Women's History Month
In the ocean world, there are many women to celebrate during Women’s History......
March 2015
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Making a Mark on the Ocean Floor
Until very recently oceanography was a field dominated by men. A seafaring career,......
July 2016
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Personal Perspectives
Shipboard Life in the Antarctic
Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the......
June 2016