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Cleaning Symbiosis - Do Cheaters Prosper?
- Are cleaner fish tempted to bite their clients?
- April 01, 2009—Parasites may be harmful to living organisms. A relationship called the cleaning symbiosis describes how some animals, the cleaners, remove parasites from other animals, the clients. Because of the close interaction between cleaner and client, a question arises: instead of picking off parasites, do cleaners ever bite their clients instead?
- Categories: Animal Information | Educational |
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Black Sun, Blue Water
- Atomic bombs and the life of a coral reef
- March 24, 2009—Between 1946 and 1958 the United States exploded nearly two dozen nuclear bombs at Bikini Atoll. How has this affected the life of the coral reef over the last half-century?
- Categories: Educational |
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Living Camouflage
- How some crabs avoid their predators
- February 18, 2009— Some species of crabs utilize novel forms of camouflage, covering their shells with other living organisms to fool their predators.
- Categories: Animal Information | Educational |
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Steller Visions
- Georg Steller and the vanishing species which bear his name
- February 01, 2009—The Gulf of California is home to a diverse assemblage of wildlife. This diversity is a reflection of the Gulf's distinctive geography. Impacts to wildlife from a variety of sources threaten many of the rare and endangered species that make the Gulf their home.
- Categories: Animal Information | Conservation Issues | Educational |
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Corps of Discovery
- The Corps of Discovery reaches the Pacific Ocean.
- January 20, 2009—On November 15, 1806, the Corps of Discovery reached the mouth of the Columbia River, completing a 4000 mile journey to the Pacific Coast. They would spend the next four months adding to science’s knowledge of the Pacific Ocean and its inhabitants before beginning their long journey home.
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