Meet the Buccal Pumpers: Sharks that Mastered the Art of Staying Still
A Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) lying on the seafloor (Image credit: Dr. Mathew Gilligan)
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From Fins to Functions: Dermal Denticles
For centuries, scientists have taken inspiration from nature and the vast amount of species. Since the ocean is very unexplored,…
Amorphous Calcium Carbonate is Taking Over
As humanity continues to release more and more carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, much is absorbed by the marine environment…
Symbiosis and Survival: Understanding Mutualistic Relationships
The ocean facilitates many unlikely friendships. A clownfish darts through its forest of anemone tendrils, dangerous for most fish; however,…
Sea Turtles and The Moon
It’s hard to imagine how a big rock floating in space hundreds of thousands of miles away could be such…
Tied to the Tide: How Net Pen Culture Shapes Our Ocean Future
Breathing Life Back into the Ocean There’s something incredible about stepping onto a dock and watching the surface of the…
Sink or Save? Thin-Layer placement projects as a method of salt marsh restoration
Salt marshes are an incredibly important, though often overlooked part of marine and coastal ecosystems. They provide many ecosystem services,…
Leatherbacks: The Deepest Divers
What comes to mind for most people when they think of a sea turtle might be the hard shelled, tropical…
Whales: Memory, Communication, and Climate Change
Whales are giants of the ocean not just in size, but in their ecological roles and complex behaviors. They shape…
Hydrothermal Vents- Hostile to Us, Habitat to Many
Deep down beneath the ocean’s surface, where magma forms new seafloor, seawater temperatures reach over 700 degrees Fahrenheit. As this…