Oceans

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In Search of Earth’s Secrets

Explore the magnetism of the Earth’s core, extract a core sample, and discover secrets form the past with a full-body puzzle!
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Sea Cucumber x Pearl Fish = Reef’s Strangest Bond!

Why does the pearl fish live in a sea cucumber’s butt? Marine scientist Jane Adcroft from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation explains that the pearl fish hides inside the sea cucumber’s butt.
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How Shipwrecks Become Reefs

What happens after a ship sinks? EV Nautilus dived deep below the surface of the South Pacific Ocean to study shipwrecks.
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Glass Squids Change Color Underwater

In the ocean’s twilight zone, glass squids like this one spotted by EV Nautilus, rely on transparency to avoid predators, but when that fails, they activate backup camouflage.
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Ocean Life Up Close: Inside the Hidden World of Plankton

Welcome to the planktonverse. Our friend Chloé Savard headed to the sea and found a tiny world of marine microorganisms.
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Face-to-Face with a White Shark: Keith Ellenbogen’s Unexpected Encounter

While diving off the coast, Arts at MIT Visiting Artist Keith Ellenbogen came face-to-face with a white shark. But what occurred wasn’t a threat. The shark simply studied him, calm, focused, and seemingly aware of his presence. In that moment, Keith...
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Sharks Aren’t the Threat: Busting the Biggest Myth

Chris Fischer of OCEARCH breaks down why white sharks are vital to ocean health. As apex predators, they protect fish stocks and keep ecosystems balanced.
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Can Jellyfish Sting Without Even Touching You?

After 500 million years of peaceful drifting, moon jellyfish are turning dangerous. Off of Cape Cod in the U.S., swimmers are being stung, sometimes just by mucus in the water.
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One Shark. 15 Minutes. Groundbreaking Science!

Chris Fischer, founder of OCEARCH, explains how they have mastered the art of shark research, safely lifting white sharks for tagging, tracking, and real-time health checks.
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Shark Tagging Guided by Behavior

Mary Lee wouldn’t take the bait, so OCEARCH scientists adapted, hand-hooking her based on observed behavior to safely bring her aboard. That pivot made tagging possible and unlocked years of valuable white shark migration data.
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Two Sharks Traveled 4,000 Miles Together

White sharks aren’t known for forming pairs—but Simon and Jekyll are changing that. These two apex predators swam in near-perfect sync for over 4,000 miles (~6,437 kilometers) up the Atlantic coast, after being tagged off the southeastern United States in...
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Can Blue Sharks Change Color?

Scientists studying Blue Sharks and their tooth-like scales, called dermal denticles, found pressure-sensitive crystals that reflect light differently depending on depth. As the sharks dive deeper, the crystals compress, shifting their shimmer from green...
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Ship-to-Shore with Nautilus Live!

Join us for a live Q&A with scientists at sea from Nautilus Live!
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Massive 18ft White Shark Female Named Curly

Female White Shark Curly measured nearly 18 feet long and was one of the largest great white sharks ever studied in the Atlantic. She was the first mature female Shark Biologist Greg Skomal ever tagged. Observing her up close reshaped his understanding of...
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Is the Southern Ocean Becoming Saltier?

New satellite data reveals a surprising twist: Antarctic sea ice is disappearing, but instead of making the surrounding waters fresher—as scientists would expect—it’s making them saltier.