When you visit a pond or the beach, you might see fish, frogs, crabs, insects, seaweed, or lily pads. Don’t let your eyes fool you, though… there’s a hidden world in water full of creatures too small to be seen!
Plants need help to get by when water is limited. For some plants it is their ant partners that come to their aide. Learn more about how these two species work together.
What Lies Beneath
What life lies below the surface of the water? A question that marine
biologist Susanne Neuer has been studying since her childhood days.
Is a Macadamia nut really a seed, or a nut?
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