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Teachers Share their Love of Learning with Students
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Teachers Share their Love of Learning with Students

Over 500 middle school students from around the Coastal Bend participated in field trips as part of the Teachers on the Estuary (TOTE) project. The large influx of eager-to-learn students is a result of the teachers that participated in a TOTE...
Scientists can’t get there but Honey Badger can
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Scientists can’t get there but Honey Badger can

Satellite imagery has revealed that large blooms of phytoplankton (single-celled plants) form in the vast Pacific Ocean covering thousands of square miles and lasting for many weeks.The Wave Glider is an autonomous surface vehicle consisting of two parts, a float on...
An Insider View to Fisheries Ecology Research in the making: Cabo Pulmo
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An Insider View to Fisheries Ecology Research in the making: Cabo Pulmo

Graduate Student Erin Reed talks about her recent research adventures: Figure 1. Dr. Brad Erisman (left) and Erin Reed (right) prepare for their first dive in search of spawning groupers. Credit: David Castro.Last month in May, I was fortunate enough to...
A Decade of Inspiration
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A Decade of Inspiration

This June, Science and the Sea celebrates 10 years of print articles.The sea touches all of our lives in many ways - we relax by her shores, play on her surface, eat of her bounty and enjoy her beauty. She moderates...
The Top 3 Amazing Things Scientists Are Learning about Marine Migration
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The Top 3 Amazing Things Scientists Are Learning about Marine Migration

From whales to small invertebrates, the Special Feature of the journal Biology Letters, provides insight to how animals move and find new habitats. Credit: Operation Deep Scope 2005 Expedition, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration.Fish and other marine animals don’t have the...