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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...

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Marine Forensics

Forensics is a key tool for enforcing the laws and treaties that protect marine...

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Shark Fin Genetics

Dr. Demian Chapman of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at New York’s...

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Welcome to the Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists journey to the isolated island of Moorea on a quest to catalog every...

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The Moorea Biocode Project

Scientists on the tiny island of Moorea, in the Pacific, are gathering one of every...

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Shark DNA Helps Catch Poachers

Dr. Mahmood Shivji explains how shark DNA is used as evidence to prosecute shark...

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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

Welcome to Moorea, a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the vast Pacific....

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Genetic Analysis of Coral

A marine scientist performs a genetic analysis on a sample of deep-sea coral to...

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A Library of Puffer Fish DNA

Some fish you can fry up in the pan, no questions asked. Others require a bit of...

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Marine Biology on the Island of Moorea

The island of Moorea is a natural laboratory for scientists on a quest to catalog...

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Dr. Chris Meyer

Chris Meyer takes his nephew’s friend, Flat Stanley, for a dive in Moorea. ...

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Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

My internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History started off...