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Australia’s Coasts and Reefs: A Living Tapestry of Ocean Life
Up to this point, our True Investigator World Tour has taken us to some pretty…
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Lobsters and Crayfish: Freshwater and Saltwater Cousins of the Crustacean World
Mudbugs, crawdads, langostines—no matter what you call them, a lobster or crayfish by any other…
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Life Below in Numbers: Undersea Animals That Live in Large Groups
Imagine, if you will, that you were sailing across the ocean on a long ship…
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Stars of the Sea: The Amazing World of Starfish
A few articles back, we talked about the remarkable, and in some cases, downright unsettling…
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Alien Parenting Strategies: How Ocean Invertebrates Reproduce
We've come a long way since we began counting down the different parenting methods of…
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Underwater Nurturing: Extraordinary Examples of Aquatic Parenting
Today, we will begin a series of articles about the bizarre nature of parenting all…
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Troubled Waters: Invasive Aquatic Species and Their Effect on Ecosystems
In the past, we've spoken about the environmental impact that terrestrial invasive species have on…
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Vanishing Beneath the Waves: Humanity’s Role in the Decline of Marine Life
There are places on our planet where life exists in a way that is almost…
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Parrotfish and Other Heroes of the Reef: How Marine Life is Fighting the Rising Tide
When we see pictures or nature videos of coral reefs, many of us conjure images…
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Titans of the Deep: The Largest Oceanic Predators on Earth
Long ago, humanity feared the world around us. We feared the dark forests and the…
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Exploring the Ocean Zones: A Journey Through Earth’s Largest Habitat
The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface and contains 97% of Earth’s…