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"Our Ocean World" is a daily radio feature that brings listeners around the world news and information about issues related to the ocean. The show presents solutions to shared problems and suggestions on how listeners can help preserve our most vital natural resource. "Our Ocean World" is hosted by Marilyn Cooley, a top radio host in Washington, D.C., and airs on hundreds of radio stations around the world. Primary Format : Science Language : English Also Listed as: City : Ithaca State/Province : NY Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Our Ocean World Podcasts Methings.com listings of Our Ocean World Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Ocean wanderers Some kinds of plankton float free all their lives; others are just temporary travelers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Midshipman fish Young males of this species sneak in to the established nests of older males to try to fertilize the female’s eggs. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bryozoan creature feature You may notice a thin, crusty coating on the bottom of boats. This is actually a colony of microscopic animals. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dangers of six-packs Man-made items such as six-pack rings, fishing line, and balloons should be disposed of carefully so as not to endanger marine wildlife. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea horses These tiny marine fish might have fins and gills, but they don’t look like other fish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Armored catfish Catfish are often used to clean home aquariums, but they can quickly grow too big for the tank. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pets to predators Aquarium fish and flora set free into natural waters may transform docile pets into ferocious aquatic invaders. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Drugs in seawater Hormones, antidepressants, and other drugs go down the drain, and into streams, lakes, and oceans after you use them. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fish melanoma British scientists are using the tiny zebrafish to unlock the secrets behind human cancer. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rockfish born alive Most of the world’s fish follow a single strategy for birth and development. Rockfish, however, are unusual and unconventional. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bottlenose whales One of the largest mammals on earth, the bottlenose whale is also one of the least understood. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Decompression sickness Scuba divers that surface too quickly suffer from the bends, but whales and dolphins don’t. Learn why on today’s show. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cod-catchers A female codfish lays millions of eggs each year, but only a few survive to the next generation. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fish switch sex The tiny fish called the blue head wrasse can change from female to male, a change scientists believe is caused by hormonal triggers in the brain. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Salty snack for whales Whales don’t drink salty ocean water; they filter it in order to “catch” their meal. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beluga blues While most belugas live in Arctic waters, a few live in the St. Lawrence River in Canada. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arctic char Arctic char live most of their lives in freshwater streams, leaving only to feed in the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Long line fishing Sea birds are being wiped out by the practice of running thousands of baited hooks along miles of line in the open sea. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coral sunscreen Corals need warm water and sunlight. But since too much sunlight can be deadly, corals have a natural sunscreen. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making waves Waves are generated by wind blowing over the water. The more wind, the bigger the waves. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oxygen from the ocean The ocean supports life on land by producing tiny ocean algae called phytoplankton, which in turn produce oxygen. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beebe's bathysphere In 1930 zoologist William Beebe invented the bathysphere, a steel ball five feet wide with two quartz windows. From inside, he was one of the first to explore the depths of the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Submarine safari Each year more than 2 million people are treated to views of the underwater world that are normally reserved for scientists and professional divers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lab in a bottle Algae is a necessary part of the ocean food web, but too much can poison the water and make fish, mammals, and humans sick. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coral flypaper A new tool for coral conservation, coral flypaper doesn't attract flies, but it does attract young corals giving them a better chance to survive. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manatee's brain A 3,000-pound manatee with a brain the size of a grapefruit may seem to be a biological mismatch. But the issue of brain size and intelligence in animals is literally a gray area. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manatees and motor boats Manatees are covered with sensitive hairs that act like sense organs that detect movement underwater, but they are still killed or injured by speeding motor boats. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manatee hair Manatee hair is as important to manatee survival as smell, taste or even vision. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whipnose angler fish In a deep sea world of perpetual darkness this fish lives upside down and has its own fishing pole. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ecosystem foundations There's more to ocean life than just the popular species like dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles. Smaller unknown creatures also play an important role in the food chain. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chemical defense Plants and animals that can’t move thrive on the ocean floor near the Antarctic Peninsula. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Antarctic toothfish This big, long-living fish has its own built-in anti-freeze protein to keep it moving in water with an average temperature of 28 degrees Fahrenheit. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beachcombing II Centered between Oregon and Hawaii is a huge ocean vortex that contains objects that may have been afloat for decades. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beachcombing I This leisurely activity is contributing to new data on large-scale ocean currents. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Salmon sharks Most sharks are cold-blooded, but the Salmon shark has heat-generating muscles to keep it from freezing in the Antarctic waters it calls home. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Louisiana sea level The state of Louisiana has lost an expanse of land larger than Rhode Island since 1930. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shipworms Shipworms have been invading and destroying man-made wooden structures for as long as man has been making them. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deep ocean oases Hydrothermal vents provide a heat and food source for deep ocean critters. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info [at] flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Uncertain science Marine biologists who come up with population estimates of fish in the ocean have to include in many different factors. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Threatened loons Loons nest on lakes in northern woods, but in the fall they head to the coast. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stromatolites Scientists aren’t sure if the dark clumps called Stromatolites in the waters of Shark Bay, Australia are dead or alive. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Underwater canyons Some of the deepest canyons with the fastest moving waters in the world lie on the ocean floor. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Serial overfishing Fishermen are slowly taking the biggest reef fish from the Florida Keys. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Strawberry anemones These beautiful, red, flower-like animals are distantly related to jellyfish and coral. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Come dive website Exploring shipwrecks, underwater cities, and a submerged cave with ancient markings are just some of the possibilities at the “Underwater Archeology” website. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website By a whisker Researchers have learned that seals use their whiskers to detect movement around them when they are blindfolded. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life at the bottom Deep-sea vents provide the extreme heat and chemistry tube worms and clams need to live. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coral harvesting New conservation efforts are in place to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and accommodate tourists, fishers, and researchers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea floor mapping Scientists are using sonar sound waves to create 3-D maps of the ocean floor. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea urchin grows new spines Sea urchins produce a gooey paste that eventually crystallizes into a new spine to replace one that is broken. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shark cartilage therapy A recent survey of sharks disproves the popular myth that sharks don’t get cancer. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gentle giants The giant pacific octopus is the largest known species of octopus. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reel in and recycle Bins near fishing piers and water’s edges are being used to collect old monofilament fishing line, reducing the amount of line that is improperly disposed of each year. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Songs of the sea Sailors used songs to relieve boredom, relay working conditions, and spout romantic fantasies. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Don't rescue the seals Seals that are just resting on a beach can look like they are in trouble to most people, so it’s important to leave them alone and call in an expert, such as someone trained by the Cape Cod Stranding Network. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Giant ancient sea scorpions Scorpion-like animals related to the horseshoe crab used to grow to more than six feet long. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cloud formation Until researchers have a better understanding of the link between microorganisms in the ocean and cloud formation, climate models will remain incomplete. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Killer frisbee Killer whales sometimes play what looks like a game of ultimate Frisbee with their food before taking the first bite. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sleepless cetaceans Until recently, biologists thought all baby animals needed hours of sleep every day. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea squirt invasion These little filter feeders seem fairly harmless, but they are growing out of control and smothering other sea floor fish such as mussels, scallops, and oysters. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frozen methane packs Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory believe the methane under the sea floor could be a significant source of energy if it can be extracted. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School mates Scientists have discovered that fish recognize each other by scent and by sight. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Male fish sex scent Female stickleback fish choose their mate by scent, chemicals similar to human pheromones. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chironex The elusive Chironex has four brains, 24 eyes, 180 stomachs, and a toxin that makes it more deadly than a black widow spider. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lost city The largest and strangest underwater chimneys ever found have been discovered four miles down in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea otter decline Sea otters are dying from mysterious infectious diseases which appear to be linked to human activity. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Travels with plastic Manmade marine debris is sailing the high seas and washing up on distant shores. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Debris cleanup Marine debris threatens sea life and coral reefs that are hundreds of years old. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dangerous debris Thousands of tons of abandoned fishing nets and gear litter the world’s oceans, snaring and starving fish and marine mammals. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gamma ray extinction Scientists believe that an exploding star may have generated the energy that started an ice age on earth millions of years ago. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eelgrass Eelgrass is the most common sea grass along the Atlantic coast of North America and it’s important for more than the ocean life it supports. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Queen conch This giant snail reigned supreme as mascot in the Florida Keys for years, but as it became more prevalent on land, it began to disappear in the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ocean wanderers Some kinds of plankton float free all their lives; others are just temporary travelers. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Six-pack protection Man-made items such as sick-pack rings, fishing line, and balloons should be disposed of carefully so as not to endanger marine wildlife. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea horses These tiny marine fish might have fins and gills, but they don’t look like other fish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Armored catfish Catfish are often used to clean home aquariums, but they can quickly grow too big for the tank. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fish melanoma British scientists are using the tiny zebrafish to unlock the secrets behind human cancer. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rockfish born alive Most of the world’s fish follow a single strategy for birth and development. Rockfish, however, are unusual and unconventional. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bottlenose whales One of the largest mammals on earth, the bottlenose whale is also one of the least understood. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea squirt The simple blobs on rocks and piers called "sea squirts" are more closely related to humans than you may think. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website North Pacific less salty Salmon runs declining in Alaska may be partially caused by less salty surface water. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fish switch sex The tiny fish called the blue head wrasse can change from female to male, a change scientists believe is caused by hormonal triggers in the brain. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Harbor seals One scientist who studies harbor seal vocalizations has discovered a large number of their most interesting interactions take place underwater. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fast growth at deep vents Deep in the ocean are two different environments, both home to a wealth of animals. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea urchin increase High demand for sea urchins has tipped the balance of nature in the Gulf of Maine. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ocean as global radiator The ocean keeps the planet operating at a safe and stable temperature, much like the radiator in your car. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gender-bending fish In the world of the blue-head wrasse, switching sexes is not uncommon. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arctic char Arctic char live most of their lives in freshwater streams, leaving only to feed in the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Antifreeze fish Antarctic cod come equipped with their own natural antifreeze. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whale song Whales from different oceans sing different songs. But while migrating, one group of whale immigrants gave singing lessons and the resident whales changed their tunes. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making waves Waves are generated by wind blowing over the water. The more wind, the bigger the waves. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Submarine safari Each year more than 2 million people are treated to views of the underwater world that are normally reserved for scientists and professional divers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Slug farm At most farms you have your chickens, cows, a pig here a sheep there. But at this farm the stables are stocked with sea-slugs. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coral flypaper A new tool for coral conservation, coral flypaper doesn't attract flies, but it does attract young corals giving them a better chance to survive.. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manatee's brain A 3,000-pound manatee with a brain the size of a grapefruit may seem to be a biological mismatch. But the issue of brain size and intelligence in animals is literally a gray area. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manatees and motor boats Manatees are covered with sensitive hairs that act like sense organs that detect movement underwater, but they are still killed or injured by speeding motor boats. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manatee hair Manatee hair is as important to manatee survival as smell, taste or even vision. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whipnose Angler Fish In a deep sea world of perpetual darkness this fish lives upside down and has its own fishing pole. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gasping in the Chesapeake-1 Each summer excess nutrients make algae grow in the Chesapeake Bay. That's a problem for fish and fish larvae. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tubeworms These animals live two hundred years or more, behave more like a plant than an animal, and survive in the dark on a chemical diet. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ecosystem foundations There's more to ocean life than just the popular species like dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bioluminescence Ocean animals produce light to attract prey and distract predators. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Water striders Most species of water striders live on bodies of fresh water, but five species have adapted to life on the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Saving the sawfish The fierce looking sawfish is endangered due to over-fishing, by-catch, and habitat destruction. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ultrasound for Whales New research shows that undernourished female right whales cannot reproduce. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deep ocean oases Hydrothermal vents provide a heat and food source for deep ocean critters. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Uncertain science Marine biologists who come up with population estimates of fish in the ocean have to include in many different factors. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Serial over-fishing Fishermen are slowly taking the biggest reef fish from the Florida Keys. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Transparency For a fish in the open ocean, being transparent is one of the best ways to hide. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Camouflage busters Fish that live in shallow water are vulnerable to sunburn from ultraviolet rays. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea squirts These small, barrel shaped animals can filter up to 250 gallons of seawater a day. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life at the bottom Deep-sea vents provide the extreme heat and chemistry tube worms and clams need to live. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coral harvesting New conservation efforts are in place to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and accommodate tourists, fishers, and researchers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tagging Along With the Blue Fin Researchers have tagged tuna to gain information that may someday lead to better management of tuna populations. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Warm Hearted Tuna These large fish avoid hypothermia even in icy water thanks to a unique system that lets them retain heat. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Big Fish, Big Sea Blue-fin tuna can swim the entire span of the Atlantic Ocean in just 50 days. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tsunami Warning Signs You could call these jellies “landlords of the deep.” Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doliolids, the Deep Sea Condo You could call these jellies “landlords of the deep.” Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Larvaceans – No Place Like Home It may not sound appealing to you and me, but Larvaceans are safe and well fed inside their house of mucus. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website National Marine Sanctuaries The National Marine Sanctuaries includes 13 marine sanctuaries that protect marine environments from whale breeding grounds to coral reefs to shipwrecks. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hurricane Prediction Using modern technology, an approaching hurricane can be tracked for days as it travels over the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mother Ocean Foundation Meet a diving cinematographer who’s seen some troubling changes in the underwater environment. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nutrient Run-Off 101 Run-off from the fertilizers used to stimulate growth on land is fundamentally altering entire ocean ecosystems. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rockfish Towers Oil drilling platforms off the Southern California coast have become home to thousands of Rockfish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rockfish Jellybeans Discover the amazing variations of the Rockfish of the Pacific Ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arctic sea floor recycling Organisms that live on the Arctic sea floor may be the world’s best recyclers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arctic sea floor communities Animals that live on the arctic sea floor can take many years to grow to maturity. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What’s in a name? As popular fish like cod become scarce, seafood companies are renaming less-appealing sounding fish to make them more marketable to consumers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea urchin fertilization triggers Many species of sea urchins breed in close proximity, now scientists have figured out how they avoid interbreeding. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paddlefish by-catch Already endangered by over-fishing, paddlefish are also at risk of being accidentally caught in nets. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paddlefish population sinking The freshwater paddlefish are becoming scarce as their caviar becomes more popular. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Clownfish These colorful orange, white, and black fish have a strict social structure. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip currents When ocean waves hit an immoveable object, they can create a powerful rip tide. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art of the sea Men aboard whaling vessels in the 19th century had hours of free time, which they often filled with music and art. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flying fish Able to soar through the air for as long as 20 seconds, these small, streamlined fish glide like a paper airplane. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sediments end debate Titanium-laced sediments found in core samples from the Caribbean answer many questions about the end of the Mayan civilization. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lobster violins When threatened, the spiny lobster makes a rasping sound that startles potential predators and allows the lobster to escape. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sleeping with the anemone Clownfish are cute, with their bright orange, white, and black stripes, but they don’t swim very well and are often the meal of choice for other fish. But their ability to live within the stinging tentacles of the anemone gives them one advantage. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Skeleton eyes The brittlestar is a unique sea creature that gives new meaning to the phrase “eyes in the back of your head.” Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leatherback sea turtles: Ocean dinos III Many countries are working together to save the leatherback sea turtle from the brink of extinction. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leatherback sea turtles: Ocean dinos II The leatherback sea turtles swim farther than any other turtles and can sustain cold waters thanks to their thick, oil-infused skin. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leatherback sea turtles: Ocean dinos I These modern day dinosaurs have long raised ridges on their massive backs and powerful front flippers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Viruses as medicine Researchers at Bigelow Laboratories in Maine are exploring the use of viruses to keep farm-raised salmon and lobster healthy. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ocean clean-up crew Viruses keep the sea from filling up with algae and promote ocean biodiversity. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fish know no borders The Magnusson-Stevens Act funds a federal program to protect fisheries and fish habitat in the U.S. But when fish swim between federal and state waters, they can get caught in backwater politics. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beachcombing II Centered between Oregon and Hawaii is a huge ocean vortex that contains objects that may have been afloat for decades. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beachcombing I This leisurely activity is contributing to new data on large-scale ocean currents. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Neurotoxin Domoic acid, a naturally occurring neurotoxin that is poisonous to the animals that consume it, was recently found in San Diego waters. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ocean bacteria The ocean is home to up to ten billion bacteria per gallon of seawater. Now scientists have a better method to study them. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Benefits and challenges of A-U-V's It took years to develop underwater robot-like vehicles capable of making choices based on circumstances - without constant human input. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What is an A-U-V? These underwater vehicles can take measurements, map the seabed, and lay cable, all without human guidance. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sleepless cetaceans Until recently, biologists thought all baby animals needed hours of sleep every day. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea squirt invasion These little filter feeders seem fairly harmless, but they are growing out of control and smothering other sea floor fish such as mussels, scallops, and oysters. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frozen methane packs Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory believe the methane under the sea floor could be a significant source of energy if it can be extracted. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School mates Scientists have discovered that fish recognize each other by scent and by sight. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Male fish sex scent Female stickleback fish choose their mate by scent, chemicals similar to human pheromones. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Male fish sex scent Female stickleback fish choose their mate by scent, chemicals similar to human pheromones. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Queen conch This giant snail reigned supreme as mascot in the Florida Keys for years, but as it became more prevalent on land, it began to disappear in the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ocean wanderers Some kinds of plankton float free all their lives; others are just temporary travelers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Research in a bucket Information about sea-surface warming off the coast of California hasn't come from high tech sensors but from volunteers armed with buckets. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surface weather and deep-sea life Marine scientists did not think surface weather had much of an effect on deep-sea life, until they received the results of a long-term study. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Drugs in seawater Hormones, antidepressants, and other drugs go down the drain, and into streams, lakes, and oceans after you use them. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fish melanoma British scientists are using the tiny zebrafish to unlock the secrets behind human cancer. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bottlenose whales One of the largest mammals on earth, the bottlenose whale is also one of the least understood. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Decompression sickness Scuba divers that surface too quickly suffer from the bends, but whales and dolphins don’t. Learn why on today’s show. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cod-catchers A female codfish lays millions of eggs each year, but only a few survive to the next generation. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A good taboo Certain native cultural practices actually protect delicate coral reefs. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sea urchin increase High demand for sea urchins has tipped the balance of nature in the Gulf of Maine. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Venus fly traps of the deep The Venus flytrap is a plant that catches and digests small, unsuspecting insects. In a similar manner, one ocean plant snatches and eats small animals in the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gender-bending fish In the world of the blue-head wrasse, switching sexes is not uncommon. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arctic char Arctic char live most of their lives in freshwater streams, leaving only to feed in the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Long line fishing Sea birds are being wiped out by the practice of running thousands of baited hooks along miles of line in the open sea. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Slug farm At most farms you have your chickens, cows, a pig here a sheep there. But at this farm the stables are stocked with sea-slugs. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coral flypaper A new tool for coral conservation, coral flypaper doesn't attract flies, but it does attract young corals giving them a better chance to survive. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manatees brain A 3,000 pound manatee with a brain the size of a grapefruit may seem to be a biological mismatch. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gasping in the Chesapeake-2 When nutrients like sewage and fertilizer end up in Chesapeake Bay, algae grow. The result is low oxygen levels for fish. But it’s a different scenario for jellyfish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gasping in the Chesapeake-1 Each summer excess nutrients make algae grow in the Chesapeake Bay. That's a problem for fish and fish larvae. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oil slicks without spills The Gulf of Mexico region has a vast supply of fossil fuel that sometimes seeps out through the mud on the sea floor. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tubeworms These animals live two hundred years or more, behave more like a plant than an animal, and survive in the dark on a chemical diet. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ecosystem foundation There's more to ocean life than just the popular species like dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jellyfish Juvenile jellyfish rest in stacks on the ocean floor during the winter, waiting until they are mature before drifting into the open ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bioluminescence Ocean animals produce light to attract prey and distract predators. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Water striders Most species of water striders live on bodies of fresh water, but five species have adapted to life on the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Salmon sharks Most sharks are cold-blooded, but the Salmon shark has heat-generating muscles to keep it from freezing in the Antarctic waters it calls home. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Louisiana sea level The state of Louisiana has lost an expanse of land larger than Rhode Island since 1930. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shipworms Shipworms have been invading and destroying man-made wooden structures for as long as man has been making them. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ciguatera fish poisoning Toxins naturally produced by phytoplankton and passed up the marine food chain can lead Ciguatera poisoning. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stromatolites Scientists aren’t sure if the dark clumps called Stromatolites in the waters of Shark Bay, Australia are dead or alive. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Underwater canyons Some of the deepest canyons with the fastest moving waters in the world lie on the ocean floor. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Transparency For a fish in the open ocean, being transparent is one of the best ways to hide. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Camouflage busters Fish that live in shallow water are vulnerable to sunburn from ultraviolet rays. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surf perch Unlike most other fish, surf perch young are fertilized and carried inside the female body. Do you like the