Young Voices

Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

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

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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

Any floating object in the ocean tends to attract life; fishermen know this and...

A Microscopic Identity Crisis

Using DNA to identify larval species in the Gulf Stream Unseen by the human eye,...

Personal Perspectives

Five Questions for Carole Baldwin

Dr. Carole Baldwin never expected to find seven new species of fish among the...

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Smithsonian Scientist Discovers New Fish Species

Using genetic analysis combined with traditional study of morphology, Smithsonian...

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

Starksia blennies, small coral reef fish with elongated bodies, have been...