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The Lace Crab

Marella splendens was an arthropod that lived during the Cambrian Period. It is the...

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Form Equals Function for Ancient Sea Lizards and Modern Whales

In the ocean there once lived a creature built for predatory prowess. It had teeth...

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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

Between 100 and 65 million years ago, at the time when dinosaurs reigned on land,...

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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...

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Algae Bloom Brings a Red Tide

An algae called Karenia brevis can bloom into a sea of red when there are...

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What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...

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The Amazing Horseshoe Crab

There’s a lot more to a horseshoe crab than meets the eye. They are not even...

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Seagrasses and Light in the Chesapeake Bay

Seagrasses growing on the seafloor of the Chesapeake Bay rely on light to...

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A Rainbow of Colorful Lobsters

Most lobsters are a mottled brown color, but sometimes you can see a strange orange...

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The Secret Life of Plankton

Imagine if a fish at the market could tell you where it came from; what would it...

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Sea Grapes: A Google Earth Tour

“Sea grapes” may sound like something Poseidon would snack on, and not a killer...