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In 1903, former UW zoology professor Trevor Kincaid and UW botany professor T.C. Frye founded what is now called the Friday Harbor Laboratories in the San Juan Islands. The islands’ rich and diverse ...

Kids can enter to become SEA LIFE San Antonio’s first Mini Marine Biologist — and win a private behind-the-scenes tour plus ...

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Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.

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Giant kelp forests, an icon of the San Diego coastline, are in retreat as a result of climate change– Off the coast, water ...

The students took part in a mini camp, which can range from one to three days, where they can explore marine biology up close.

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Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so heavily on learning, teaching and tradition.