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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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Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long?

Gelatinous drifters that move in a mesmerizing way, jellyfish are beautiful...

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Sharks are also afraid of shark attacks

Caribbean reef sharks are not the reef's top predator. A fearful reef shark...

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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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Seagrasses and Light in the Chesapeake Bay

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

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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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The Weird, Wonderful World of Bioluminescence

“It’s a little appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make...

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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...