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Marine Conservation Happy Hour — 323 episodes

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Deep sea adventures with Professor Jon Copley

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Mangroves with guest Jordan Flagel

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Storytelling sailors: Brian Black Memorial Award - Yachting Monthly's marine environmental journalism award

4

Giant Clams with guest Jordan Flagel

5

Deep Sea Sharks with expert Dr Daniel Moore

6

Goblin shark!

7

BIG SHARK spotted on the Jersey Shore beach

8

Bloody Waters - A true shark story

9

The Ocean Hates you! Huh?

10

Basking Sharks - Latest News

11

Conservation Degree Program - From a student's perspective

12

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "Hammerheads Up Close With Bertie Gregory" - An exclusive interview

13

Rare Great White Encounter - SAVE BIG BEN!

14

Divers Removing Ghost Nets - Healthy Seas Mission

15

Rice's Whale Update - International Whaling Commission

16

Shark Movie Quiz

17

Simon Allen, Producer - Discussion on Thrash vs. The Requin: Science of shark movies

18

Finspan Stonemaier Games: Designer Michael O'Connell Interview

19

EarthX - Peter Simek

20

When orcas ram boats - Dr. Naomi Rose explains

21

David Gruber-Learning how to speak to whales using AI (As Aired on Tampa News Talk Radio)

22

Vincent Doumeizel Interview -The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It's Key To Our Future

23

Orcas in Florida (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

24

Who is the pirate Ching Shih? (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

25

The Florida Aquarium - Eric Hovland and Sharkapalooza (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

26

Lionfish with Alex Fogg: The Lionfish King (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

27

Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions (with Environmental Defense Fund Executive Director and author Amanda Leland)

28

Kraken's ocean inspiration

29

Anne Bonny and Mary Reed (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

30

Manatees, Turtles and the Big Freeze (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

31

Knights of Santiago (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

32

Gasparilla and Pirate Jose Gaspar (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

33

Shark Quiz- What do you know about sharks?

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Sharkapalooza in Clearwater Florida with Jess Adanich

35

National Geographic "Pole to Pole" Documentary - an interview with Allison Fong

36

PBS documentary "Parenthood" in the oceans - an interview with documentary filmmaker Olly Scholey

37

Humpback whales in a Klingon spaceship? Is it scientifically possible?

38

The Economic Cost of Climate Disasters

39

Ocean species discovered in 2025

40

2025 was a depressing year for marine conservation

41

The Call of Krampus - A Christmas Special - Part 2

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The Call of Krampus - a Christmas Eve Special - Part 1

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Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 4

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Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 3

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Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg - Part 2

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Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 1

47

Ocean Science in the Movies: Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning

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Ocean Science in the Movies: The Meg & Meg 2: The Trench

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Science in the movies: Underwater

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Marine mammal quiz - with Regina Asmutis-Silvia

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Current issues in whale and dolphin conservation - with Regina Asmutis-Silvia

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The science of Jaws - with Simon Allen

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The Shape of Nature - with David Maitland

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Robots in the sea with James Bellingham

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Ocean science in the movies: The Abyss

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Dolphins up close with Bertie Gregory

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Ocean science in the movies: 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea

58

Silent Seals: The Namibia seal hunt with Rob Reed and Imogen Webster, part 2

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Silent Seals: The Namibia seal hunt with Rob Reed and Imogen Webster, part 1

60

The new "Death at Seaworld" TV show - with Simon Allen

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Ocean science careers advice with Andrew Thaler

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The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock with Andrew Thaler

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Deep Sea Mining with Andrew Thaler

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Lessons learnt from Hurricane Katrina with Dr Ivor van Heerden

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What can Sharkapalooza do for you? With guest Jess Adanich

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National Geographic's Jaws at 50 with Wendy Benchley

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Sharkapalooza and Fuzzy Sharks with Jess Adanich

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National Geographic's SHARKFEST 2025 - Dan Beecham and "Sharks Up Close" and Candace Fields and "Investigation Shark Attack"

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Drunken shenanigans - our favorite animals

70

The history of taverns (and beer witches)

71

The new Ocean documentary - a review

72

David Attenborough: Ocean - Documentary with Enric Sala and filmaker Toby Nowlan

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Raiders of the last barrel - the archaeology of beer

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Water, water everywhere - a water world quiz

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Game of thrones science - recreating the dire wolf

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Coffee shop science. Was some of the first marine mammal science done in a coffee shop?

77

Who is Kristján Loftsson and why is he an ocean villain? (with guest Rob Read)

78

The Latest Gossip on Whaling (with guest Rob Read)

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How can we stop the Faroe Islands whale hunts? With Rob Read from Neptune's Pirates - Part 2

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What is the grindadráp ? With Rob Read from Neptune's Pirates - Part 1

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What is the deadliest sea creature?

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Who was the first Marine Biologist?

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What is an Angel shark?

84

Operation deep blue legacy

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Do you want to build a Manatee sanctuary?

86

Cod wars part 2: The British Empire strikes back

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Cod Wars: Episode 1 (The Phantom fish menace)

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Finspan with Jamey Stegmaier

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Ocean science in TV shows [feat. "The Rig" and "Dune: Prophecy"]

90

Can short people save the world?

91

Ghost fish farms - with guest Isadora Abuter

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Adventures in nature photography - with Nat Geo's Jason Edwards

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Life as a wildlife photographer - with Nat Geo's Jason Edwards

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Ocean Planets

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Ocean Aliens

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Vikings of color

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Whales and dolphins in captivity - with Hudson Lindenberger

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Hudson Lindenberger - adventure journalist!

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Women Vikings

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Gladiators and sharks - where there sharks in the arena?

101

The Transfigured Sea (with author Sally Ann Hunter)

102

Halloween special: The ghost ship Queen Mary

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Halloween special: Ghost ship

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How to protest and help the environment effectively

105

Protecting our coastline with electricity

106

Rice's whale news - saving the Great Florida Whale!

107

What have the vikings ever given us?!

108

The Secret World of Sound (with Dugald Maudsley)

109

Microplastics in your clothes (with Alex Lauer)

110

Cheap tips to save energy and help the environment

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Rum saving the environment?

112

Deep Sea Mining (with Dr Andrew Thaler)

113

Latest Orca news (with Joe Olson)

114

Was it a sea monster?

115

Estuary critters

116

The importance of estuaries

117

Wailing about whaling

118

Ship-sinking orcas

119

What is it like to be a marine biologist in the White House?

120

The Art of Water

121

International Whaling Commission Update 2024

122

The language of whales

123

Can you swim the Dead Sea?

124

Science & education outreach opportunities in the Bahamas

125

The Greenland shark - the oldest fish in the sea

126

Anne Bonny - pirate queen

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Mary Read - pirate queen

128

Baleen whales calling

129

Dolphin and manatee chat

130

A fishy noise in Florida

131

The old man of the sea - Hemmingway and Booze

132

Is absinthe illegal in the US?

133

The White Vault - Ocean science and horror

134

Florida dolphins and toxic plastic chemicals

135

Right whale stranding at Martha's Vineyard - grave concerns for an endangered species

136

Crabeater seals in Antarctica

137

The physiology of marine mammals

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Great white Baby Shark do do do do

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Osprey decline in the Chesapeake Bay

140

Ghosts, pirates and university funding

141

The pirates of the Chesapeake Bay

142

History of Pirates

143

Antarctic Fun Facts

144

Fun Arctic Facts

145

The Climate Change Science drinking game returns

146

New Year Resolution Ideas

147

The strange feeding habits of gray whales

148

The Pacific Coast Feeding Group of gray whales

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Whale behavior

150

The environmental impacts of Brexit

151

Oyster catchers, mudflats and marine protected areas

152

The 2024 conservation job outlook

153

Wind farms and whale strandings - Who is really behind the wind farm protests?

154

Halloween Special part 3: Atlantis!

155

The Bermuda Triangle

156

Ghost ship: The Flying Dutchman

157

Climate change science news update

158

Ocean Gliders

159

Unsustainable cruise ship tourism

160

Environmental Crisis in the Virgin Islands

161

Sustainable Aquaculture

162

Rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, pt 2

163

Rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, pt 1

164

Humpback Whale Facts

165

The Witcher and Ocean Science

166

Climate Change News

167

Ecocide

168

The best environmental groups to work for

169

Lolita the orca

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Good news for Rice's whale

171

Right whale Facts

172

Return of the shark quiz

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Oldest Living Mammal

174

Climate change update

175

The largest whale?

176

Bond, James Bond

177

Minke Whales facts

178

Superpod - an orca extravaganza

179

We're in hot water!

180

Cocaine sharks

181

Shark quiz

182

Bryde's and Sei whales

183

Shark Attacks

184

The science of Black Panther - Wakanda Forever

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Blue Whales Facts

186

Whale Earwax

187

The science behind the movie: Avatar 2

188

Dolphins in space!

189

Porpoises of the world

190

River Dolphins

191

Baleen and toothed Whales

192

Whale Evolution

193

Science Lesson on Whale Classification

194

Hvaldimir the whale

195

Gladiator whales

196

Vikings and Climate Change

197

Orcas attack

198

The Lagoon - a tale of whales

199

Rice's whale

200

A new law threatening marine life in the US

201

Underwater noise

202

Penguin quiz

203

Fin whale facts

204

Dracula's castle & whale science

205

Living in mangroves

206

Penguins and Plastic

207

The Pirate Queen

208

Saw Shark Facts

209

Sawfish vs Sawshark

210

Sea otter conservation

211

What to do if you see a sea otter!

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Sea otter watching

213

Sea otter savvy

214

Sea otter quiz

215

Sea otters

216

The ocean at night

217

Humpback whale strandings in New York & New Jersey

218

An elephant seal & a big climate change discovery

219

Jolly shore leave!

220

What are sea shanties?

221

The environmental footprint of mead & beer - Groennfell Meadery

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How to make mead - Groennfell Meadery

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Science behind Mead - Groennfell Meadery

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Pirate Quiz 2

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Pirate quiz

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MCHH 480: Leverage: Redemption - a TV show with an environmental message

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MCHH 479: Orcas in Florida

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MCHH 478: Killer whales or orcas

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MCHH 477: A new threat to right whales

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MCHH 476: Scientists exploiting students #scisploitation

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MCHH 475: Whales and microplastics

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MCHH 474: Manta rays

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MCHH 473: Mote Aquarium

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MCHH 472: Florida manatees

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MCHH 471: Ocean outreach and education

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MCHH 470: Ocean acidification

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MCHH 469: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

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MCHH: 468: Let's make the perfect zoo

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MCHH 467: Disney's Animal Kingdom

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MCHH 466: Plankton wiped out in the Atlantic? Is that right?

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MCHH 465: Quiz - Ocean Science

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MCHH 464: Marine Conservation New Year resolutions

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MCHH 463: Quiz- Saucy scientific names

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MCHH 462: Winter holiday Traditions

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MCHH 461: Shore buddies - cute marine animals made from recycled plastic

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MCHH 460: What to look for in a zoo or aquarium

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MCHH 459: Conservation guidelines for zoos and aquariums in the 21st century

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MCHH 458: Conservation - the difference between in situ and ex situ conservation

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MCHH 457: The Secret Life of Corals: Sex, War and Rocks that Don't Roll

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MCHH 456: Environmental education - know your audience!

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MCHH 455: The educational value of whaling-watching trips

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MCHH 454: Quick, to the Whalemobile !

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MCHH 453: Marine biologists with disabilities

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MCHH 452: Poo in the pools and starving dolphins - damning new reports about the Miami Seaquarium

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MCHH 451: Marine conservation news round up

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MCHH 450: Climate change (part 2)

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MCHH 449: Climate change (part 1)

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MCHH 448: Mermaids! (Part 2)

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MCHH 447: Mermaids! (Part 1)

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MCHH 446 - Halloween episode! Mary Shelly, Frankenstein and the first environmental disaster novel

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MCHH 445: Planktonia

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MCHH 444: Plastic in the ocean

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MCHH 443: Xenomarine biology - Marine biologists in space!

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MCHH 442: Hurricane Ian (part 2)

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MCHH 441: Hurricane Ian (Part 1)

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MCHH 440: Environmental and ocean careers

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MCHH 439: Atlantis?

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MCHH 438: The line - a sustainable city for the future? Part 2.

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MCHH 437: The line - a sustainable city for the future?

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MCHH 436: Climate disasters

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MCHH 435: The Queen, the British Royal family, and the environment

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MCHH 424: Memoir of a mad scientist !

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MCHH 423: President Biden's climate change bill

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MCHH 422: Game of Thrones - House of the Dragon. The marine biology version.

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MCHH 421: Self-medicating dolphins

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MCHH 420: What is Ambergris?

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MCHH 419: Scientists with Dyslexia

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MCHH 418: What is a blobfish?

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MCHH 417: Marine Biologist Graduate Advice

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MCHH 416: Science and Artists

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MCHH 415: Marine eDNA research

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MCHH 414: Value our Conservationists

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MCHH 413: Applying for jobs?

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MCHH 412: Visit to the Florida Aquarium

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MCHH 411: Tampa Bay Watch Sunset Eco Tour

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MCHH 410: Protecting the Hudson Canyon

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MCHH 409: The impact of the Ukraine War on dolphins

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MCHH 408: Sustainable dolphin-watching in the UK

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MCHH 407: Seabirds 101

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MCHH 406: The Dunwich Horror - a climate disaster

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MCHH 405: What seafood can you eat? A guide to sustainable fisheries

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MCHH 404: The historical importance of fish

293

MCHH 403: A new species of dolphin!

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MCHH 402: Capitol Hill Ocean Week

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MCHH 401: Eat sustainably - like a Viking !

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MCHH 400: Ocean noise pollution

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MCHH 399: Recording ocean sounds for science

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MCHH 398: Ocean Music

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MCHH 397: Ocean memory

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MCHH 396: The future of ocean energy

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MCHH 395: A week in the life of a science communicator

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MCHH 394: Balancing your carbon footprint

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MCHH 393: Snakes on a ... dolphin?!

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MCHH 392: Solar panels saving money

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MCHH 391: Dolphin quiz !

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MCHH 390: The real "Our Flag Means Death !" Part 2

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MCHH 389: The real "Our Flag Means Death !" Part 1

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MCHH 388: the United Nations Decade for Ocean Science

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MCHH 387: Our Ocean - commitments to conserve the ocean

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MCHH 386: From Harry Potter to dolphin fraternities

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MCHH 385: Dolphin names and signature whistles

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MCHH 384: Microplastics

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MCHH 383: The latest IPCC report highlights - what does this mean for us?

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MCHH 382: Mindful conservation: coaching

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MCHH 381: Be careful how you choose your role models !

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MCHH 380: Harbour porpoise strandings and a mass mortality event

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MCHH 379: Harbour porpoise standings - when seals attack !

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MCHH 378: Polar bear diets and the science of fat

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MCHH 377: What do polar bears eat?

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MCHH 376: Alligators and panthers and key lime pie... oh my!

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MCHH 375: The Coral Restoration Foundation - Part 4

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MCHH 374: The Coral Restoration Foundation - Part 3

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MCHH 373: The Coral Restoration Foundation - Part 2