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From the time of Aristotle until the European Renaissance, a roughly 1,000-year...

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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

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The Sant Ocean Hall Turns Ten

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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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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...

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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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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...

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Under the lens of a microscope—in a shallow, glass well—spindly orbs pulse at...

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Birth of an Atoll

An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef that forms as an old volcano erodes. This...

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Tagging Sharks with the Smithsonian Movement of Life Initiative

Where do sharks like to hangout? Turns out we largely don’t know. But Smithsonian...

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Ocean Optimism Video - Linking Communities to Fisheries Science

Fish populations all over the world are declining due to overfishing and marine...

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Living on the Edge: Mangroves

Mangroves are the biological buffers between land and sea. Without them,...