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Bleaching Without a Heatwave: Coral Care Inside the Gene Bank
Coral bleaching is usually blamed on hot oceans. Inside the Bahamas Coral Gene Bank, where the temperature never moves, corals can still turn white. Here is what causes it, and what it takes to bring them back.
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Searching for Sawfish in Andros, and the Community That Knows Them Best
Saving the Blue educator Sami Dhanani reports from Andros, where six school visits, a new children's book, and conversations with local fishers turned up fresh evidence of one of the rarest fish in the sea.
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From Colorful Rocks to Coral Science: Meet Our First BAMSI Intern
Danielle Mason noticed some colorful "rocks" while swimming at 13, went home and looked them up, and decided to become a marine biologist. This summer she became the Bahamas Coral Gene Bank's first intern from BAMSI.
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Georgie in Cherokee, and Why Abaco's Regatta Fleet Is Watching for Manatees
Read the latest update from the Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation (BMMRO). This month: a familiar manatee back in Cherokee, Abaco, a new conservation partnership with Regattas in The Abacos, and how to share the water safely.
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