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Oysters, clams, and mussels in Oregon and Washington are showing the effects of ocean acidification (Oregon State University)

Shellfish Threatened by Ocean Acidification

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Science Connectedclimate change, earth science, environment, marine biology, oceanography

Ocean acidification is killing young oysters, clams, and mussels in U.S. coastal regions that depend on these shellfish. Find out why.

Environment Oceanography

Coral Bleaching: Reefs Continue to Suffer

October 9, 2015July 30, 2022 Science Connectedclimate change, coral, coral reefs, marine animals, oceanography

NOAA has announced that the third global coral bleaching event is underway. Find out what you might be able to do to help save the coral reefs.

Harlequin filefish can disguise their smell to confuse predators (Tane Sinclair-Taylor)

Biology Zoology

Harlequin Filefish Uses Smell to Fool Predators

December 16, 2014April 4, 2021 Science Connectedfish, marine biology, oceanography

Harlequin filefish can disguise their smell to hide from predators. In fact, they can make themselves smell like coral instead of fish. By Kate Stone Researchers have found an ingenious coral-eating fish that can change its smell to hide from predators. It’s the harlequin filefish, and it camouflages its scent to smell like the coral it’s eating. In other words, it manages to smell like its own food, and not like something else’s. “By feeding on corals, the harlequin filefish ends up smelling enough like its food that predators have…