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Conservation
Education
5 Ways You Can Show Our Oceans Love
A famous animated fish once said, “all drains lead to the ocean,” and while this statement isn’t exactly true, it does pose an important question — what is safe to go down the drai...
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Animals
Education
Meet Maui Ocean Center’s Camouflage Champions
Beyond the water’s edge, there is abundant marine life of all shapes, sizes, and colors. If you look closely, you’ll notice many of these animals can cleverly disguise themselves to evade ...
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Conservation
Education
10 Ways to Live Ocean Aloha this Holiday Season
The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but they can produce a lot of waste. According to Stanford University, Americans generate a whopping 25% more trash from Thanksgiving to New Year&...
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Animals
Articles
Conservation
Education
Humpback Whales and the Health of Our Oceans
Every year, people come to Maui from all over the world to witness the arrival of the humpback whales, admiring their majesty with reverence, deference and awe. But there are more reasons than beauty ...
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Articles
Conservation
Cultural
Adopt The Locavore Diet, Support Sustainability
Food brings people together and the meals we cook and share create the foundation for memories that last a lifetime. But the same food that bonds us as people also is part of the climate change puzzle...
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Animals
Conservation
Maui Living
How to Live With Ocean Aloha
A single question drives Maui Ocean Center’s Ocean Aloha, “go green for blue” initiative: what do we want our oceans to look like for our children, grandchildren, and generations that follow?
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Animals
10 Surprisingly Spooky Sea Creature Facts to Get You Ready for Halloween
The ocean is a wild, magical, and largely undiscovered place, and there are definitely some creepy critters swimming around.
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Animals
Behind-the-Scenes
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A Glimpse Behind-the-Scenes
As the world panicked about not having enough antibacterial soap and sweat pants became the new work attire as stay-at-home orders went into effect- it might seem like a closed aquarium would be tranq...
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Animals
Behind-the-Scenes
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Happy Birthday, Honu!
The MOC ʻohana recently celebrated a very special occasion. Our six Hawaiian green sea turtle ambassadors, Kuʻuipo (Turtle 1), Kilakila (Turtle 2), Nohea (Turtle 3), Hohonu (Turtle 4), Makaʻala (Tu...
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