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![A green mahi-mahi fish underwater](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/NOAA_Mahi.jpg.webp?itok=n-EcUQQ9)
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Fish Heart Out of Water
Under the lens of a microscope—in a shallow, glass well—spindly orbs pulse at......
June 2018
![Two silver fish with big eyes facing one another](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/DEPPENDArgyropelecusaculeatus2.jpg.webp?itok=-4YVYaKu)
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Oil's Legacy in the Open Sea
For those who study the deep sea, the Gulf of Mexico is a special place. A......
February 2021
![a large salmon colored orb with tiny fluorescent green and blue orbs covering it](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/eating_oil.jpg.webp?itok=jUD2TYNM)
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A Bacterium's Super Powers
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, photos of pelicans,......
June 2020
![a veterinarian listens to a dolphin's heartbeat](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/Cynthia-Smith-NMMF.jpg.webp?itok=HmRId-E7)
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The Musical Hearts of Dolphins
For Dr. Cynthia Smith, listening to hearts is part of the job. Her patients just......
September 2020
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Protecting the Most Vulnerable Fish After an Oil Spill
When an oil spill happens, there are thousands of species affected, everything...
August 2020
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The Bone that Logs a Lifetime
Slice through the trunk of a tree and you reveal a pattern of rings that grow out......
December 2019
![A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/ISIIS_CONCORDE.jpg.webp?itok=1SdNTfsL)
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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures
A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off......
March 2019
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Five Methods for Tracking the Ocean's Motion
From the time of Aristotle until the European Renaissance, a roughly 1,000-year......
February 2019
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition
Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can...
December 2018
![A view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from a NOAA research aircraft, June 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/DWH_oil_credit_UCSB_LR.jpg.webp?itok=QKqeUKDy)
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Let's Get Our Hands Dirty This Women's History Month
In the ocean world, there are many women to celebrate during Women’s History......
March 2015
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Do You Have The Answer? Sharing Big Data in the Gulf of Mexico
Sharing is something that is encouraged from the beginning of our lives, whether...
March 2016
![Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/sargassum-oil-deepwater-horizon.jpg.webp?itok=g7TuoZsy)
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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later
Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig......
April 2012