Coastal Connections
A Leatherback Changes the Familiar Picture of a Turtle Shell
A leatherback does not have the familiar hard, scuted shell of other sea turtles. Learn what that difference shows—and what a photograph cannot establish.
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Life Below
A Horseshoe Crab Has More Ways to Sense Light Than Its Two Obvious Eyes
The broad shell of a horseshoe crab makes its outline easy to recognise, but a photograph can hide much of its sensory anatomy. Two conspicuous eyes do not…