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A juvenile manta swims at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: G.P. Schmahl / FGBNMS

Research Highlight: Scripps Graduate Student Discovers World's First Known Manta Ray Nursery

A research team led by PhD candidate Joshua Stewart identifies a manta ray nursery in the Gulf of Mexico

juvenile manta ray and diver

Scripps Graduate Student Discovers World's First Known Manta Ray Nursery

A research team led by PhD candidate Joshua Stewart identifies a manta ray nursery in the Gulf of Mexico

A giant clam, Tridacna crocea, burrows into the solid carbonate rock made by tropical reef corals.

Photo of the Week: Caustic Relationship

Researchers discover how giant clams burrow into coral

Scientist Jennifer Smith, Photo Credit: Erik Jepsen

A Scientist's Life: Jennifer Smith

Technology is changing how scientists study coral reefs

Around the Pier: Scripps Oceanography Leads Coral Tech Panel at SXSW

Interactive SXSW panel highlighted innovative technology used to study coral reefs

Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification

Inability of phytoplankton to acquire iron imperils marine ecosystems

A Napoleon wrasse underwater in Palau.

Scripps Supporters Dive into Adventure in Palau

Immersive diving and learning experience guided by Scripps scientists

Cells under a microscope

Proton Pump Found to Regulate Blood pH in Stingrays

Scripps research team finds new function for similar enzyme found in boneworms, corals

A compilation image of two women

Scripps Graduate Students Receive High Honors

Graduate Maggie Johnson receives Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship; incoming student Angela Szesciorka awarded NOAA’s Nancy Foster Scholarship

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