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A rare Florida cold snap left hundreds of juvenile sea turtles cold-stunned in shallow lagoons, prompting a rapid rescue and rehabilitation response that offers a rare look inside the delicate, hands-
Learn more about how one rescue diver–turned-conservationist is working to bring a thriving sea otter population back to the Oregon coast.
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Discover Isla de la Plata, a unique scuba-diving destination just an hour away by boat from the coast of Ecuador, where you can see whales, oceanic manta rays, whale sharks, sea turtles and sea lions.
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Want to make the most of your next dive trip? Citizen science trips onboard liveaboards give divers a taste of living and working as a coral, manta ray or shark research scientist.
In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” David Shiffman discusses polar gigantism.
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Californian scientist David A. Ebert, an expert in searching for sharks considered extinct, explores the coasts of Ecuador and northern Peru in search of clues about the sharpfin houndshark (Triakis acutipinna), a shark species that has not been recorded for over 60 years.