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Sand Dollars: Coins from the Ocean’s Quiet Vault

Sand Dollars: Coins from the Ocean’s Quiet Vault

Donna Recor

A sand dollar isn't a shell, and it's definitely not a rock. It's a kind of sea urchin—a flat, burrowing cousin to the round, spiky ones. The flower pattern on...

Sand Dollars: Coins from the Ocean’s Quiet Vault

Donna Recor

A sand dollar isn't a shell, and it's definitely not a rock. It's a kind of sea urchin—a flat, burrowing cousin to the round, spiky ones. The flower pattern on...

Tarpon Springs: Where the Sponge Boats Still Sail

Tarpon Springs: Where the Sponge Boats Still Sail

Donna Recor

Tarpon Springs, Florida looks a bit like Greece, smells like the sea, and built its whole identity on a humble creature called a sponge. Discover the history of Greek sponge...

Tarpon Springs: Where the Sponge Boats Still Sail

Donna Recor

Tarpon Springs, Florida looks a bit like Greece, smells like the sea, and built its whole identity on a humble creature called a sponge. Discover the history of Greek sponge...

Seahorses: Tiny Dads with Pockets Full of Stars

Seahorses: Tiny Dads with Pockets Full of Stars

Donna Recor

Seahorses: Tiny Dads with Pockets Full of Stars - in a world where most moms do the baby-carrying, seahorses flip the script — the dads get pregnant. Male seahorses get pregnant...

Seahorses: Tiny Dads with Pockets Full of Stars

Donna Recor

Seahorses: Tiny Dads with Pockets Full of Stars - in a world where most moms do the baby-carrying, seahorses flip the script — the dads get pregnant. Male seahorses get pregnant...

Face-to-Face with a Great White off the Coast of Maine - Fossil Art Creations

Face-to-Face with a Great White off the Coast o...

Donna Recor

National Geographic photographer locked eyes with a great white shark just off Maine — and snapped a history-making photo from only a few feet away.

Face-to-Face with a Great White off the Coast o...

Donna Recor

National Geographic photographer locked eyes with a great white shark just off Maine — and snapped a history-making photo from only a few feet away.

Molly the Loggerhead and the Secret Map of the Sea - Fossil Art Creations

Molly the Loggerhead and the Secret Map of the Sea

Donna Recor

Florida loggerhead turtle named Molly beat a massive tumor, returned to the ocean, and is now gliding along the coast using a built-in “magnetic map” that scientists are only just...

Molly the Loggerhead and the Secret Map of the Sea

Donna Recor

Florida loggerhead turtle named Molly beat a massive tumor, returned to the ocean, and is now gliding along the coast using a built-in “magnetic map” that scientists are only just...

The Blue Ribbon Eel: The Ocean’s Living Christmas Ribbon

The Blue Ribbon Eel: The Ocean’s Living Christm...

Donna Recor

Blue ribbon eels change from male to female and shift from jet black to electric blue. Discover why these Indo-Pacific reef dwellers are aquarium favorites and how their color-changing life...

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The Blue Ribbon Eel: The Ocean’s Living Christm...

Donna Recor

Blue ribbon eels change from male to female and shift from jet black to electric blue. Discover why these Indo-Pacific reef dwellers are aquarium favorites and how their color-changing life...

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