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Working in the Dark

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A view of the island of Moorea.
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The Moorea Biocode Project

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Shark DNA Helps Catch Poachers

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

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Shark Fin Genetics

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Welcome to the Moorea Biocode Project

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Marine Forensics

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Larvae sea bass looking at the adult version of itself with a black background.
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Are You My Mommy?

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

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In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.
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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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