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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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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...

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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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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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Organisms Beneath the Sand

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

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The Future of the Ocean

Nancy Knowlton, the Sant Chair of Marine Science at the Smithsonian National Museum...

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Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef

How does a coral spend its day? Most of us would say: not doing much. To the human...

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What Makes Sponges Grow?

Sponges are animals that eat tiny food particles as they pump water through their...

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Coral Reefs Changing Over Time

How do we know what coral reefs looked like hundreds of years ago? Often times, we...

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Connecting Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are some of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet that are home...

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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...