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Dr. Emily Hall researching ocean acidification and climate change conditions on corals using a sea anemone as the model organism in the OASys lab on Tuesday, March 21st, 2017. A pioneering study led ...

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Organizations may now apply for grant funds to support their Florida-based coral research & STEM education. Read the 2025 announcement, eligibility criteria and other application details here. There ...

Research suggests that these urchins can eat other urchins when their preferred foods, such as kelp, are not available. This urchin's test, or protective covering, can grow to 1.6 inches (40 ...

These urchins are harvested for their roe, their reproductive material. The roe is called Uni in Japanese and is served in sushi restaurants. Red sea urchins tend to live in rocky areas, often in ...

These urchins may decorate themselves with algae and shell bits for protection. The sea otter is one of the main natural predators that eats sea urchins. Because sea otters are endangered, urchins ...

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When suckermouth catfish swim in water that's too cold for them, their fins turn red. Suckermouth catfish can be found in quiet, slow moving freshwater environments like swamps, estuaries and rivers.

These fish are commonly used as bait to catch bigger fish. In the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf killifish inhabits estuaries and heavily vegetated areas with soft, sandy bottoms. Gulf ...

Kelp rockfish can change their color and markings to blend in with their background. Kelp rockfish inhabit kelp beds and rocky habitats from Timber Cove, California, south to Punta de San Pablo in ...

Males in this species prepare nests for females to lay eggs in. In vegetated freshwater ponds and slow streams, the blackbanded sunfish can be found along North America's east coast and central ...