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Five Methods for Tracking the Ocean's Motion

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

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Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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Nature's Best Photography 2018

Explore the winning photos from the 2018 Nature's Best Photography contest! Every...

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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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A male humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) can grow to quite the size. They...

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Juvenile humphead wrasse are the perfect size to sell at the market—they are...

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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

Imagine taking a few measurements from a freshly caught fish and from that small...

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Two small-scale fishers from Honduras on a fishing trip targeting reef fish on a...

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A fisher from the Utila Cays small-scale fishery in Honduras hooks a yellowtail...

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A comparison of the proportion of overfished and sustainably fished stocks over...