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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.
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Five Questions for Shirley Pomponi, Medical Sponge Hunter

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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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How Do Sea Lions Swim?

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Brian Skerry takes an up close photo of a tiger shark on the seafloor.
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Patience is a Virtue

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Be a Scientist

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What Do Scientists Do?

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Aerial image of Hurricane Bill
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The Ingredients for a Hurricane

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This copepod (Gaussia princeps) was collected deeper than 1000 meters in the Sargasso Sea by Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) researchers in April 2006.
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Five Questions with Russ Hopcroft, Zooplankton Whiz

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Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory
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Five Questions for Carole Baldwin

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A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.
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Diving into the Sandstorm

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Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

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A variety of jellyfish
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It’s All in the (Jellyfish) Family

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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery

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