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A screenshot from video showing illustrations of ancient coral reefs.
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Coral Reefs Changing Over Time

How do we know what coral reefs looked like hundreds of years ago? Often times, we...
Fri, 08/30/2013 - 06:55
a collage of different images
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Changing Tides - Brave New Ocean

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ocean acidification, and the decline of fish...
Wed, 02/02/2011 - 18:38
Screenshot from video with the face of a great white shark swimming at the screen.
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Are Sharks Scary?

What is scarier: sharks or extinction? This video from Save Our Seas puts whether...
Fri, 12/18/2009 - 14:20
a fish swimming in blue water
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Visit the Line Islands with Reef Ecologist Dr. Stuart Sandin

A number of questions have inspired marine ecologist Stuart Sandin to...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:55
Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:01
A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater
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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows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...
August 2016
A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...
March 2014
A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.
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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...
November 2012
Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.
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Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...
May 2012
A photo of an oyster cage, out of the water, covered in sea squirts.
Article

Alaska Vulnerable to Invasive Species from Warmer Waters

Alaska’s pristine coastline is ripe for an influx of invasive marine species such...
September 2011
Screenshot from video "Excavating an Extinct Toothed Whale" showing two scientists digging in the ground for fossils.
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Excavating an Extinct Toothed Whale

A time-lapse video shows researchers from the Smithsonian's National Museum of...
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 11:20
An underwater photo of coral recovering from a bleaching event.
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A Pleasant Surprise: The Recovery of Bleached Panamanian Corals

Last September, the Citizens of the Sea blog series brought you a story of doom and...
April 2011

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