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Tiny Ciliate

This Blepharisma japonicum is a single-celled protist called a ciliate, a...

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Cyanobacteria

This blue-green microbe called a cyanobacterium was likely the first photosynthetic...

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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 filter...

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Organisms Beneath the Sand

What’s lurking beneath your beach blanket? Even when a beach looks empty, the...

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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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Life After Whale (On Whale Falls)

When a whale dies, the story has just begun. The massive carcass sinks to the...

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Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal

Monk seals -- the only completely tropical species of seal in the world -- are in...

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Dr. Nancy Rabalais: Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill brought the world’s attention to the Gulf of...

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The Wandering Fur Seal

During the winter and spring months, tagged fur seals migrate thousands of miles in...

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Reducing Bycatch

Bycatch, the name given to fish and other ocean animals that are caught...

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Whale Rescue

When a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale becomes entangled in...

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Sea Lion Sickness

Both humans and sea lions get sick from eating fish and shellfish that have been...