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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids
In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida
Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...
August 2019
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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible
Beneath vibrant coral reefs, but above the lightless depths of the sea, lies the...
June 2018
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows
In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...
August 2016
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Five Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is considered the largest...
April 2015
Personal Perspectives
Five Questions with Brigitte Ebbe, Polychaete Pundit
Now that the Census of Marine Life is over, we’re checking in with some of the...
April 2013
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows
In 2009, Ruth Meadows, a science teacher from Opelika Middle School in Opelika, AL...
March 2010
Personal Perspectives
Five Questions for Carole Baldwin
Dr. Carole Baldwin never expected to find seven new species of fish among the...
March 2011
When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?
More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...
July 2016
Wood Under Sand: The Search for A Slave Shipwreck
An untimely storm with whipping gusts of wind and tumultuous waves, a sweeping...
October 2017
Personal Perspectives
Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...
March 2012
Personal Perspectives
The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars
Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015