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Get Your Ocean Fix From Home

Even without a trip to the beach or an aquarium, you can still observe ocean...
March 2020
The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

While out collecting invertebrates for research, Karen Osborn, a research zoologist...
July 2020
A sea sponge underwater
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Sea Sponges: Pharmacies of the Sea

Werner Bergmann did not mean to discover a lifesaving drug. But an unassuming trip...
November 2019
a orange and yellow ship with glaciers in the background
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Laurence M. Gould

The Laurence M. Gould in Antarctic waters.  ...
a man sits pondering with a tan ball cap on
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A Captain’s Journey to the Antarctic

In the seas of Antarctica, nothing is assured. The weather is fickle, changing from...
March 2022
A sailing canoe heads toward an island in the distance at full sail.
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Hōkūleʻa of Polynesian Voyaging Society

The voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa. ...
A sailing canoe heads toward an island in the distance at full sail.
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Circumnavigating our Changing Oceans

In a time of environmental uncertainty, the Polynesian Voyaging Society draws...
February 2022
Four people working aboard the deck of a ship. Two are checking materials and noting observations while the two in the background adjust the canoe's rigging.
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Lehua Kamalu and Fellow Crew Aboard Hōkūleʻa

Polynesian Voyaging Society member and wayfinder Lehua Kamalu and her fellow crew...
Two sailing canoes float on open water, with islands spotting the horizon. The canoe hulls are orange along the bottom half and white along the top, with brightly colored sails.
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Voyaging Canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia

Voyaging Canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia out on the water. ...
A sailing canoe sits in a Tahitian bay, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, and several smaller canoes full of people there to celebrate the occasion.
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Hōkūleʻa is welcomed in Tahiti in 1976

The arrival of Hōkūleʻa in Tahiti 1976. More than 17,000 people attended to...
Fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton sitting in what looks like the dirt it was excavated from.
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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...
October 2018
A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...
September 2018

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