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A Kelp's Slime

Kelp provide a home for microbes to grow on—they're the reason kelp are so slimy....

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Working in the Dark

Most of the viruses in the ocean are unknown, but scientists are working to fix...

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A Microbial World

We live in a microbial world. The ocean is home to innumerable microbes, so many...

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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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Ocean Sampling Day Sites

Ocean Sampling Day 2014 will be the largest ocean sampling effort ever orchestrated...

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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead...

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Oceanographer Xavier Pastor

Oceanographer and executive director of Oceana Europe, Xavier Pastor, led the...

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Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

Peter Auster and colleagues direct a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive on the...

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Auster Dives on a Rock Face

Auster gets ready to study fish predators at Gray’s Reef National Marine...

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Fan Sponge

Dr. Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a...

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Scientist Collects Oil on the Gulf Coast

A scientist, Chris Reddy from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, collects...

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An Invasive Brittlestar

These brittlestars (Ophiothela mirabilis) are not where they belong. These animals,...