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 Algas que crecen en rocas submarinas.
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Los Héroes de los Herbívoros

La recuperación de los corales, con frecuencia bajo la forma del cultivos de coral...
June 2020
Algae growing on underwater rock
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Heroes of Herbivory

Coral restoration, often in the form of growing corals in a lab or in field-based...
June 2020
Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
Imagen submarina de dos peces nadando cerca de corales pétreos y ramificados.
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Historias de Éxito de una Boleta de Calificaciones de Reef

Los ecosistemas de los arrecifes de coral enfrentan amenazas desalentadoras en todo...
May 2020
Underwater image of two fish swimming near branching and boulder corals
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Stories of Success from a Reef Report Card

Coral reef ecosystems face daunting threats worldwide. Human impacts, such as...
May 2020
a man snorkels at the surface near a coral reef while a woman sits on a boat and watches
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The Truth About Corals and Sunscreen

Summer is the time for beach trips and swimming, and often a sunburn or two....
September 2022
a woman with short black hair and a long necklace of pearls sits in front of a microscope and holds a small button coral
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Dr. Joan Murrell Owens

Joan Murrell Owens was an expert on button corals. Using the Smithsonian's...
Coral showing signs of disease
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Disease Takes Hold

The white splotches are lesions of infected coral. ...
coral polyps
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Healthy Coral Polyps

Healthy coral is colorful. The entire coral is actually a colony of many little...
dead coral from disease
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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...
August 2019
yellow colored coral spawning bubble like spawn in a dark ocean
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Signals from the Sea

After spawning in late summer, new coral larvae begin the hunt for homes on the...
Fri, 08/20/2021 - 15:57
a sunken propeller becomes overtaken by a reef with two scuba diver in the background
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SS Quartette

Divers explore the flora and fauna growing on and around the propeller of the SS...

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