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Eagle Rays: Soaring on Spotted Wings | Changing Seas | Preview

Despite its designation as globally “endangered,” relatively little is known about the whitespotted eagle ray’s ecology and life history. Now Florida scientists are combining cutting-edge technology with creative approaches to gain deeper insight into the movement and diet of this elegant fish – allowing them to experience the world from a ray’s point of view for the first time.

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Discover how some fish species change their sex.
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Researchers provide data necessary to protect fish populations from further decline.
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Researchers study what impact ecotourism might have on southern stingrays.
Sea Turtles: The Lost Years
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Researchers are beginning to understand where turtles go during their “lost years.”
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Scientists conduct research to save the Smalltooth Sawfish.
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Biggest Fish in the Sea
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The world’s largest known aggregation of whale sharks occurs just off the coast of Cancun.
Living Fossils
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Discover Crinoids which have been around since before the age of Dinosaurs.
Reefs of Rangiroa
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The Changing Seas team meets with researchers in French Polynesia.
Creatures of the Deep
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New research sheds light on the lives of mysterious creatures of the deep.
Sunken Stories
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Divers from around the country learn how to map shipwrecks.
Coral Hybrids
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Follow one scientist studying coral in Belize.
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