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Dolphins Hunt Together

Post author By cws_bake
Post date February 1, 2011

Watch spinner dolphins corral their quarry and work together to feed in these animations.

Tags acoustics, Dolphins, Kelly Benoit-Bird, Marine Science & the Coast, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Earth Healthy Planet

Genius of the Sea

Post author By shermale
Post date February 1, 2011

Not only is Kelly Benoit-Bird unbounded by species classifications, she also is unrestrained by the dimensions of time and space.

Tags acoustics, Ecology, Kelly Benoit-Bird, Marine Science & the Coast, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Down to the Gulf

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date February 1, 2011

Bruce Mate didn’t wait long. Within days of the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, he was on the phone with officials from the U.S. Minerals Management Service. He and other OSU researchers are analyzing consequences of the largest spill in U.S. waters. Meanwhile, Oregon photographer Justin Bailie was on the scene in Terrebonne Parish.

Tags Bruce Mate, Dead zone, Fish, Kim Anderson, Marine Science & the Coast, Oil, PAHs, Pollution, Stephen Brandt, whales

Earth Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

OSU Marine Science by the Numbers

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date February 1, 2011
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On a 49-acre campus, HMSC supports research in a wide range of ocean sciences.
More than 150,000 people view displays and live-animal touch tanks in the Visitor Center annually.

Tags Hatfield Marine Science Center, Marine Science & the Coast

Earth Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Plankton Planet

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date February 1, 2011

On a South Pacific research expedition, Angelicque White and Ricardo Letelier encountered a surprise: An intense red tide surrounded the ship. (Photo: Angelicque White)