By Sabine Schultes Illustration by Joana Ho In my last post I introduced you to the concern of polluting the aquatic environment with...

By Katyanne M. Shoemaker Illustration by Joana Ho The first time I saw sea ice, it seemed like a mirage. As we approached it on the...

By Carolina Maciel English edit by Lidia Paes Leme and Katyanne Shoemaker *post originally published in Portuguese on April 28, 2016...

By Jana M. del Favero English edit by Lidia Paes Leme and Katyanne Shoemaker *post originally published in Portuguese on July 31, 2015...

By Dani Abras English edit by Lidia Paes Leme and Katyanne Shoemaker *post originally published in Portuguese on November 27, 2015...

By Lilian Pavani English edit by Lidia Paes Leme and Katyanne Shoemaker *post originally published in Portuguese on July 14, 2015...

The beach may seem like a lifeless environment, as we look out at the endless sand and sea. But if we pay a little attention, we start to no

By Ágata Piffer, Beatriz Mattiuzzo and Samara Oliveira English edit by Lídia Paes Leme and Katyanne M. Shoemaker *post originally...

By Juliana Leonel English edit by Marina Botana and Carla Elliff Illustration by Joana Dias Ho Plastic is an organic synthetic material...

By Melissa Marcon English edit by Lidia Paes Leme and Carla Elliff Sea turtles are globally distributed and can be found in tropical and...

By Juliana Marini Marson English edited by: Lidia and Katy Illustration by Joana Ho These days, we hear a lot about climate change....

By Carla Elliff A friendship that is as beautiful as it is unlikely. Illustration by Joana Ho One of the most traditional seafood dishes...

By Izadora Mattielo English edit: Lidia Paes Leme and Katyanne M. Shoemaker A study in the Chilean Patagonia... During college, I did a...

By Yonara Garcia English Edit Carla Elliff How about some ocean “monsters” to get into the mood for Halloween?! The undersea world is...

By Jana M. del Favero English edit Carla Elliff Before answering this question, we must understand some concepts and theories. So, grab a...

By Cláudia Namiki English edit Carla Elliff On 2018 September 3rd I received a ‘beautiful’ message congratulating me on Biologist Day...

By Renato Nagata English edit Carla Elliff In the summer of 1988, Christian Sommer, a German marine biology student in his twenties, and...

By Catarina R. Marcolin English edit by Carla Elliff Who here has never been sick because of a virus? Generally, viruses are always...

Post by Amanda Bendia English edit by Katy Shoemaker Part IV: The dawn of life: How the first living organisms on Earth came to be We...

By Catarina Marcolin English edit by Katy Shoemaker As previously described in the blog, we know more about space than we do our own...

By Juliana Leonel Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Persistent organic pollutants, commonly known as POPs, are a group of compounds that...

By Amanda Bendia English edit: Katyanne M. Shoemaker Part II: Ideal conditions for the origin of life (as we know it) Artist's conception...

By Vivian Kuppermann Marco Antonio Illustration by: Joana Ho Did you know that the UN declared next decade (2021-2030) as the decade of...

By Amanda Bendia English edit: Katyanne M. Shoemaker Part I - Big Bang: the origin of atoms and explosion of stars It is estimated that...

By Jana M. del Favero Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker At the end of September of 2015, NASA scientists publically confirmed the existence...

By Joan Manel Alfaro Lucas Translated by: Lídia Paes Leme Edited by: Katy Shoemaker This story starts in 1987, when, during an...

Written by Jana M. del Favero Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Illustration by: Joana Ho What do a dolphin, a sea turtle, and panda bear...

By Gabrielle Souza Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker When we walk along the beach and see seaweed, we associate it with terrestrial plants....

By Juliana Imenis, Juliana Nascimento, Larissa de Araujo, Natalia Pirani, Otto Muller and Paula Keshia Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker In...

By Raquel Moreira Saraiva and Yonara Garcia Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Today we are going to talk about the Super Dad of the animal...

By Sabine Schultes Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Most people who like the sea and the shore also enjoy a sunny day at the beach,...

By Cathrine Boerseth Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker People don't like having their homes destroyed and neither do animals; bears don’t...

By Emma Cavan Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker The important role  small (< 5 mm) plants and animals play in the ocean is widely unknown...

By Daniela Abras Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker It is immensely challenging to try to understand the mechanisms that move a 15...

By Yonara Garcia Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Have you heard of geoengineering? It’s a tool becoming increasingly used, but is often...

A 3D high resolution approach By Fayçal Kessouri Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker My work focuses on modeling plankton ecosystems using a...

By Ana Helena Bevilacqua Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Everything started in 2007, when a São Paulo girl left her hometown to live on...

By Cássia G. Goçalo Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Most fish in the world’s oceans reproduce by releasing their reproductive cells...

By Cláudia Namiki Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Have you ever wondered how to tell the age of a fish? If it was born in an aquarium, it...

By Izadora Mattielo Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Have you ever asked how ships are balanced at sea? Or how it can carry people and...

By Catarina R. Marcolin Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Today, I want to discuss a subject that has fascinated me since I started my PhD....

By Jana M. del Favero Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Would you be able to explain your research to an audience of academics from all...

By Corey Eddy and Jana M. del Favero Edited by Katyanne M. Shoemaker Two lionfish have been sighted in Brazil, both in the southeastern...