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Around the Pier: The Pier Cam is back! The Pier Cam is back!

Dr. Andy Nosal holds a leopard shark

From the Field: Leopard Shark Pups

Voyager: Have whales always inhabited the Arctic? If not, where did they originally come from and how did they adapt?

Voyager: Do whales and seals have to flee from certain Arctic environments once the sea ice conditions are altered? If so, where would they flee and why would it matter?

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Call of the Arctic

Mati Kahru

Blooming Early in the Arctic

Scripps Scientists See the Light in Bizarre Bioluminescent Snail

Research uncovers secrets of strange mollusk and its use of light as a possible defense mechanism

Voyager: Can marine life adapt to climate change and pollution in the ocean so it doesn't hurt them anymore?

A aerial view of a college campus, a pier, and the Pacific Ocean

Research Reveals Fish Trap Escape Gaps

An image of a modern building and university campus near the ocean.

Researchers Collaborate to Study Marine Mammal Behavior

These potbellied seahorses will be featured at the new seahorses exhibit at Birch Aquarium at Scripps.

Voyager: How does the tail of a seahorse work and what is it for?

Lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus). Photo credit: Phillip Colla

Voyager: How did seahorses get their name? Why are they called seahorses?

Giant sea bass in Birch Aquarium at Scripps' kelp forest tank.

(Floating) Around the Pier

Debris collected from SEAPLEX cruise to survey Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2008

SEAPLEX: Scripps Research Cruise

Turtles and Toxins

Voyager: How do scientists collect tissue and DNA samples? Does a fish have to be alive or can it be dead or preserved?

Scripps Scientists Help Decode Mysterious Green Glow of the Sea

Passengers aboard a whale-watching cruise led by Birch Aquarium at Scripps naturalists.

Climate Change and Gray Whales

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Media Advisory: Researchers to Discuss Antarctica's Deep Past

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Leads Local Effort to Increase Awareness about Marine Protected Areas

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Leads Local Effort to Increase Awareness about Marine Protected Areas

The Snow Bunting lives in the Arctic and uses Earth’s magnetic field to migrate further south to northern temperate areas.

Voyager: What will happen to animals, like migratory birds, that depend on the current magnetic field?

Passengers stand ready to capture a gray whale spouting on the surface.

Whale Watching Tours Make a Splash

brittle stars

Voyager: How do animals survive in the deep ocean?

How does life exist in the deep ocean pressure?

Increased levels of CO2 will most likely impact the health and expansion of coral reefs.

Voyager: How is animal life being affected by the increasing levels of CO2?

Jellyfish

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