Science & the Sea

Welcoming Neighborhood Sounds

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
If you knew that where you settled down would be home for the rest of your life, you’d make sure...

Grandma Whales

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
As women enter middle age, their bodies gradually stop menstruating until they hit menopause, when they can no longer bear...

A Ray’s “Virgin Birth”

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Did you see the headlines earlier this year suggesting that a round stingray at a North Carolina aquarium may have...

Learning Without a Brain

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
You would think it’s necessary to have a brain to be able to learn new things. But at least one...

Clams’ Contagious Cancer

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Two facts about cancer are constant across nearly all species on earth: the disease results from mutated cells growing out...

Nursery of Mermaid’s Purses

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
When researchers went exploring an ancient underwater volcano about a mile below the surface off Canada’s Pacific coast, they expected...

A Full Moon Mystery

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Sometimes scientific discoveries answer questions scientists have wondered about for years, but more often, a discovery simply raises dozens of...

A Sponge Sneeze Feast

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Every time you sneeze, your body is taking the opportunity to violently eject allergens, viruses, bacteria, chemicals or other particles...

An Octopus’s Garden

University of Texas Marine Science Institute
It’s no longer just a popular Beatles song—off the coast of central California, nearly two miles under the sea, is...

The Warm-Hearted Fish

You might remember learning that mammals and birds are warmblooded, meaning their bodies can generate heat to maintain a fairly...

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