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Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

Surprising Results Upon Reexamining the Curious Jaw of the Moray Eel

A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.

Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life

An albatross soars over the ocean.

Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.