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Fun Marine Biology Related Stories The 12 Plankton of Christmas (MailOnline 12/7/10) Scientific Method First Polynesians Arrived in Tonga 2,800 Years Ago (Live Science 11/7/12) Neanderthals were ancient mariners (New Scientist 2/29/12) Ocean Geology Weird Underwater Volcano Discovered Near Baja (Our Amazing Planet 12/13/12) Hotspots for Huge Earthquakes Revealed (Our Amazing Planet 12/5/12) Water on Mars and Earth Had Similar Origins (Space.com 11/20/12) Intraplate quakes signal tectonic breakup (Science News 10/20/12) Source of Mysterious Pumice ‘Raft’ in Pacific Found, NASA Says (Space.com 8/14/12) Chemical and Physical Features of Water and the Oceans Freshwater in Oceans Lets Hurricanes Strengthen Faster (Our Amazing Planet 8/13/12) Ocean Mixologists: Animal Movement Key to Sea Life (Our Amazing Planet 8/3/12) Oysters in deep trouble: Is Pacific Ocean's chemistry killing sea life? (Seattle Times 4/12/12) Carbon dioxide breaking down marine ecosystems (ScienceNews 3/10/12) Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected (BBC News 1/23/12) Marine Microbes Swirling Currents Fuel Huge Ocean Blooms (Our Amazing Planet 7/6/12) First consumption of abundant life form, archaea, discovered (Science Daily 3/12/12) Seaweeds and Marine Plants USM researchers working to turn algae into fuel (ClarionLedger.com 12/8/12) Seaweed study fuels bioenergy enthusiasm (Science News 1/19/12) Marine Invertebrates Mussel Glue Could Help Repair Birth Defects (Science 2/16/13) Elusive Giant Squid Caught on Video for the First Time (LA Times 1/8/13) Zinc may help treat box jellyfish stings (Science News 12/13/12) Santa Cruz County beaches flooded with dead squid (LA Times 12/12/12) How old is a lobster? Check his eyestalk (Christian Science Monitor 11/30/12) Jellyfish Inspires Cancer Detector (Tech News Daily 11/20/12) Mussels’ Stickiness May Lead to Smarter Medical Glues (Inside Science 10/19/12) Secret to Squid’s Iridescent Rainbow Skin Discovered (Live Science 8/14/12) Disarming Deep-Sea Tactics (Science 7/27/12) Bizarre ‘Zombie’ Worms Use Acid to Eat Whale Bones (Our Amazing Planet 7/3/12) Tricky Cuttlefish Put On a Gender-Bending Disguise (Live Science 7/3/12) Giant squid eyes are sperm whale defense (BBC News 3/15/12) Planarians: Immortal worms defy aging (Macroevolution.net 3/5/12) Sea urchin spine structure inspires idea for concrete (BBC News 2/14/12) Marine Fish 7 Species of Sharks and Manta Rays Receive International Protection (National Geographic 3/11/13) Shark of the High Seas Actually a Homebody (Science 2/20/13) Shark Embryos ‘Freeze’ to Evade Predators (Nature News 1/10/13) World’s Fastest Shark Treks Epic Distances (Our Amazing Planet 1/8/13) Secret to Fish’s Waterfall-Climbing Ability Found (Live Science 1/4/13) Repellent slime has material virtues (Science News 12/19/12) Great white sharks show diversity in diet, study says (LA Times 9/28/12) Pacific reef sharks have declined by more than 90 percent, new study says (Washington Post 4/11/12) Marine Monster Mystery on S.C. Beach (Discovery News 3/26/12) Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals Green Sea Turtles Use Protected Areas, Study Finds (Our Amazing Planet 4/30/13) Nesting Sea Turtles Face Problems (CBS Miami 3/26/13) Shrunken Heads of Sea Snakes Explained (Live Science 3/21/31) Whales Trap Dinner with Mouthful of Swirling Bristles (Live Science 3/13/13) Red tide kills record number of manatees (Herald-Tribune 3/12/13) New Whale Species Unearthed in California Highway Dig (Science 2/17/13) Aquarium fights to get disabled turtle swimming again (Reuters 2/15/13) Manatee’s Missing Link Found in Africa (Live Science 1/16/13) Call of the Wild: Largest Animal Sound Archive Goes Digital (Live Science 1/15/13) Humans Visit Huge Penguin Colony for First Time (Our Amazing Planet 1/8/13) Fossil of Long-Extinct Whale Found on Seafloor (Live Science 12/21/12) Found: Whale Thought Extinct for 2 Million Years (Live Science 12/18/12) Previously unseen whale species washes up on New Zealand beach (LA Times 11/5/12) The whale that talked (Nature 10/22/12) Ships Drown Out Right Whales’ Songs (Live Science 8/15/12) Mysterious sensory organ found in whale’s chin (NPR 5/23/12) Freeing Loggerhead Turtles Comes at a Price (Science Daily 4/20/12) Understanding of Hearing in Baleen Whales Amplified (Science Daily 4/17/12) Marine Ecology Foraging penguins are real krill killers, underwater cameras show (LA Times 1/24/13) Going Green: The Most Plantlike Animals (Our Amazing Planet 11/16/12) Marine ecology: Attack of the blobs (Nature 2/1/12) Estuaries Louisiana's ambitious coastal vision (LA Times 3/11/12) Coral Reefs Fluorescence Could Indicate Health of Corals (Our Amazing Planet 3/15/13) Deepest Corals in Great Barrier Reef Discovered (Live Science 1/2/13) Strange Cave-Dwelling Coral Discovered in Tropical Reefs (Our Amazing Planet 10/11/12) Some Corals May Adapt to Warmer Seas (Science 3/12/12) After a breakup, coral embryos live on as clones (Science News 3/1/12) Carbon dioxide encourages risky behavior in clownfish (NewScientist 1/15/12) Life on the Continental Shelf Pay Dirt! Antarctic Drilling Reaches Lake Surface (Live Science 1/27/13) FIU to take over underwater lab in Keys (Miami Herald 1/19/13) Flaming-Orange Shellfish Reef Found in Scotland (Our Amazing Planet 12/27/12) A Three-Way Partnership at the Bottom of the Sea (Science 6/14/12) Jellyfish on the Rise in World's Coastal Ecosystems (Science Daily 4/18/12) The farther the better for corals after oil spill (Science News 3/26/12) Life Near the Surface Rare Discovery: Tropical Octopus Caught in L.A. (Our Amazing Planet 10/18/12) Holy Flying Plankton! (Science 3/20/12) Deep Sea Antarctic's First-Ever Whale Skeleton Found (Our Amazing Planet 3/18/13) Wood from Land Feeds Deep-Sea Life (Our Amazing Planet 1/11/13) Seafloor Observatory Reveals Arctic Ocean Environment (Our Amazing Planet 1/2/13) Expedition Uncovers Seafloor Mountain, Dazzling Sea Life (Our Amazing Planet 9/21/12) Warning over deep-ocean stowaways (BBC News 5/23/12) Weird sea creatures discovered in Antarctic (CBS News 1/4/12) Oceans' deepest depth re-measured (BBC News 12/7/11) 'Supergiant' crustacean found in deepest ocean (BBC News 2/2/12) Big Storms Roil Even the Deep Ocean (Science 2/1/12) Humans and the Sea Disease threatens aquaculture in developing world (SciDev.net 3/14/13) Caffeinated Seas Found Off US Pacific Northwest (National Geographic 7/30/12) Jellyfish population on the rise, perhaps due to global warming and pollution (Vancouver Sun 4/19/12) BP Oil Spill, Two Years Later: Natural Recovery Far Greater than Expected (Science Daily 4/17/12) Prehistoric fisheries offer clues to sustainable catch (New Scientist 3/23/12) Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability (Science Daily 3/23/12) An exquisite Mexico beach cursed by plastic (LA Times 1/27/12) The reality of 'Finding Nemo's' Marine Life (Washington Post 12/12/11)