The Marine Science Institute's monthly column, Science and the SeaTM, is an informative and entertaining article that explains many interesting features of the marine environment and the creatures that live there. Science and the SeaTM articles appear monthly in one of Texas' most widely read fishing magazines, Texas Saltwater Fishing, and the Port Aransas South Jetty newspaper. Our article archive is available also on our website.
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Humble Beginnings |
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
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Behold the lowly amphioxus, and you’ll see an animal whose genes are not very different from yours. |
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Cleaning Crew on the Reef |
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Sunday, 01 August 2010 |
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Mouth gaping wide, a massive grouper cruises a coral reef, and approaches a tiny shrimp. As the predator gets closer, the shrimp doesn’t flee… it swims right in! |
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Small Shark, Mighty Bite |
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 |
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Meet a diminutive shark that snacks on “cookies” made not of flour and sugar, but of tuna or whale. |
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Sand Detectives |
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 |
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If you ever lose your wedding ring on a wet beach, you might want to call on a red knot to help find it. |
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Plankton Under Surveillance |
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Saturday, 01 May 2010 |
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Here’s a warning to the millions of plankton in Texas Gulf Coast waters: You’re being watched! A specialized instrument called the Imaging FlowCytobot is on duty, analyzing microscopic organisms in the sea at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. |
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