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Hope & Despair for the North Atlantic Right Whale Population

Late one afternoon in February 2019, Melanie White and the other members of a...

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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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Mysteries of the Mesopelagic

The open ocean - everything except the coast and bottom - is not the same at...

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Snakestones

Here is an ammonite, an extinct, shelled cephalopod related to the octopus and...

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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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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...

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Hurricane Storm Surge

Storm surge is the most deadly part of a hurricane or tropical storm. Winds can...

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The Ocean We Love

As we celebrate Earth Day, we can’t overlook the largest and wettest part of our...

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Deep Sea Dive

NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes you on a dive to the depths of the...

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A Battle With Octocoral for Food

Although not strictly speaking a predator, a sea-anemone-like animal called a...

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Sea Stars Feed on Octocorals

Spiny goniasterid sea stars methodically feed on the soft tissues of octocorals as...