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Nancy Knowlton coral spawning

A Coral Reef's Mass Spawning

Understanding how corals reproduce is critical to their survival; Smithsonian's Nancy Knowlton investigates the annual event
December 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Coral and benthic communities at Maug Island

A Swim Through the Ocean's Future

Can a remote, geologically weird island in the South Pacific forecast the fate of coral reefs?
September 17, 2009 | By Christopher Pala

Conus gloriamaris shell

Mad About Seashells

Collectors have long prized mollusks for their beautiful exteriors, but for scientists, it’s what inside that matters
August 2009 | By Richard Conniff

Geoducks on a fishing boat

Geoducks: Happy as Clams

In the Pacific Northwest, fishermen are cashing in on the growing yen for geoducks, a funny-looking mollusk turned worldwide delicacy
March 2009 | By Craig Welch

Geoduck recipe

How to Cook a Geoduck

It not only doesn't taste like chicken, it's not even poultry. Learn how to cook a geoduck, a large clam
March 01, 2009 | By Sarah Zielinski

Killers In Paradise

The tropics are home to the world's most venomous creatures-jellyfish with 4 brains, 24 eyes and stingers that can kill you in a minute flat
June 2005 | By Paul Raffaele

Foreign Worm Alert

Aliens are tunneling through North America. Who'd have thought these earth tillers have a downside?
August 2000 | By Adele Conover


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