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NMNH intern in the lab.

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It's All In the DNA

October 2017

A lionfish dish is laid out and ready to eat.

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Lionfish: It's Whats on the Menu

November 2016

Marsh Erosion Sped Up: One of the worst places for oil to end up after a spill is in marshes, where it can kill grass and cause erosion. But how much damage does it do, how far inland does it reach, and how long does the damage last? Pictured here is oiled

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Marsh Erosion After An Oil Spill

January 2015

Like a typical jelly, the tentacles of Haliscera biglowi trail behind it as it moves, causing water flow to push small organisms into the path of the jelly’s deadly stinging grip.

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Stinging Grip

March 2016

This young Gonatus squid is still translucent, making it tricky for predators to spot it.

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Deep Sea Squid

March 2016

Citizen Science Tracks Oil’s Path: When oil spills into seawater, it's hard to know where ocean currents will carry it. To map Gulf currents and improve predictions, scientists with GoMRI's GISR project are dropping biodegradable yellow driftcards throug

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Citizen Science With a Drift Card

January 2015

A puffin sits on a rock next to a puffin decoy.

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Puffin and Decoy

January 2018

Plastic does not biodegrade; it photodegrades, which means that sunlight breaks it down into smaller and smaller pieces. These bits of plastic and plankton were collected during a 3:00 am manta net tow, and are just a sample of the plankton-like plastic pi

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Plastic Bits from the Gyre

July 2015

An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.

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A Dirty Blizzard In the Gulf of Mexico

January 2015

In this photo, the jellyfish Pandea rubra may have been surprised by a camera light or in a defensive state, causing it to contract its red mantle and reveal its complex muscle anatomy.

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Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish

March 2016

Corolla moves through the water by flapping a wing plate nearly twice the size of its gelatinous shell, giving it the nickname “sea butterfly”.

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Sea Butterfly

March 2016

The red seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Gverm).

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Gracilaria vermiculophylla

February 2015