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Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...

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It’s hard not to identify with penguins as they waddle about upright on land,...

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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....

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In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...

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For more than two centuries, Boston Harbor has been a dumping ground. In 1773,...