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Farming the Sea

Farming the Sea

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Whales in a Plastic Ocean

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Mystery of the Spinning Fish

Mystery of the Spinning Fish

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Changing Seas

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An ever-growing demand for fresh seafood has pushed wild stocks around the world to the brink. Aquaculture is one alternative to wild-caught fish.

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Beneath the Bridge
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Discover what lives beneath the Blue Heron Bridge in Florida.
Maug’s Caldera: A Natural Laboratory
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Visit the remote Pacific, the islands of Maug - a natural laboratory for scientists.
Manatees: Conserving a Marine Mammal
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Scientists take advantage of manatee gatherings to study them.
Sponges: Oldest Creatures in the Sea?
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Some scientists are suggesting that ctenophores are the oldest sea animals.
The Secret Sex Life of Fish
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Discover how some fish species change their sex.
Billfish: Battle on the Line
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Researchers provide data necessary to protect fish populations from further decline.
Grand Canyman's Famous Stingrays
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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.”
Saving Sawfish
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Scientists conduct research to save the Smalltooth Sawfish.
Galapagos: Window into the Future
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Scientists spend a month in the Galapagos Islands to conduct research.
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.
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