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Collisions with small craft are rare, but there are conditions that can make these encounters more likely.

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Oceanic Shark and Ray Numbers Down 71 Percent over Past 50 Years

What’s Killing Killer Whales? Autopsies Reveal a Role for Humans

Image of the Day: Plastic Nests

Image of the Day: Penguin Populations

Fish Biologist Victoria Braithwaite Dies

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Image of the Day: Death Traps

Six North Atlantic Right Whales Have Died So Far This Year

Climate Change Will Force Hundreds of Marine Species to Move

Large Female Fish Play a Big Role in Replenishing Populations: Study

Free Divers From Southeast Asia Evolved Bigger Spleens

Endangered Right Whales Have No New Babies This Breeding Season

Study Finds Epigenetic Differences Between Hatchery-Raised and Wild-Born Salmon

Opinion: Banning Shark Fin Sales in the U.S. Will Backfire

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TS Live: Catch of the Day

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Protecting the World’s Oceans

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The beauty of fish bones

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Explore new strategies for improving plasmid DNA manufacturing workflows.

Overcoming Obstacles in Plasmid DNA Manufacturing

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies