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Seashells, with their beautiful shapes and colors, have inspired humans since the dawn of time. Equally fascinating are the animals which make them, and their unique place in the web of life. Researchers and citizen scientists continue to make new discoveries, while a cutting-edge digital project makes vast research collections easily accessible online.

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The Secret Sex Life of Fish
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26:43
Discover how some fish species change their sex.
Billfish: Battle on the Line
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26:44
Researchers provide data necessary to protect fish populations from further decline.
Grand Canyman's Famous Stingrays
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26:42
Researchers study what impact ecotourism might have on southern stingrays.
Sea Turtles: The Lost Years
26:43
Researchers are beginning to understand where turtles go during their “lost years.”
Saving Sawfish
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26:54
Scientists conduct research to save the Smalltooth Sawfish.
Galapagos: Window into the Future
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27:02
Scientists spend a month in the Galapagos Islands to conduct research.
Biggest Fish in the Sea
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26:54
The world’s largest known aggregation of whale sharks occurs just off the coast of Cancun.
Living Fossils
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26:48
Discover Crinoids which have been around since before the age of Dinosaurs.
Reefs of Rangiroa
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26:46
The Changing Seas team meets with researchers in French Polynesia.
Creatures of the Deep
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26:46
New research sheds light on the lives of mysterious creatures of the deep.
Sunken Stories
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26:45
Divers from around the country learn how to map shipwrecks.
Coral Hybrids
26:45
Follow one scientist studying coral in Belize.
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