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Article
How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering
As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull......
July 2018
![A photo of an oyster cage, out of the water, covered in sea squirts.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/39622_styela-clava.jpg.webp?itok=KrOXG0LH)
Article
Alaska Vulnerable to Invasive Species from Warmer Waters
Alaska’s pristine coastline is ripe for an influx of invasive marine species such......
September 2011
![This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/boring-sponge2.jpeg.webp?itok=JCE7ZUv3)
Personal Perspectives
Ocean Acidification Excites Boring Sponges
Boring sponges get a bad rap. Their own name betrays them, announcing to the world......
March 2013
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Personal Perspectives
At STRI, No Whales Yet, But There Are Fossil Sea Cows...
Jorge and I arrived in Panama City around 3 pm this afternoon, and took a taxi to......
June 2011
![Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/1_08-P03-G12_1.jpg.webp?itok=lTjZPM-8)
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Corals and Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life,......![A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/NWHI-full_1.JPG.webp?itok=Em09GF_n)
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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened
Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of...![Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/seagrass-fish.JPG.webp?itok=CetB4CxE)
Article
Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses
Slip into the water along a sheltered coast in nearly any part of the world and......
May 2015
![Scientists Collect Samples for Ocean Sampling Day A diver collects water samples.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/IMG_0759.JPG.webp?itok=A_9wk6lN)
Personal Perspectives
Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans
If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The......
June 2014
![Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/MJAV_SLI2013_%28110%29-majv.JPG.webp?itok=a4ZDl5o7)
Article
Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam
The pre-industrial American landscape was once rightly described as a place where......
March 2014
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Article
The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic
Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the......
March 2014
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Article
Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida
Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean......
August 2019
![A decomposing sea star loses its grip on a rock. A decomposing sea star loses its grip on a rock.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/starfish-wasting1.jpg.webp?itok=Zpeb--hR)
Article
Sickly Starfish: A Q&A with Dr. Chris Mah
Since summer 2013, starfish along both coasts of the United States have been dying......
December 2013