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The beach is a good place to ask questions but sometimes a terrible place to find answers—especially if you’re asking science questions and your only equipment is a pair of sunglasses and sunblock.

The Hakai Institute to the rescue! Here is a series of fun, quick explainers answering marine lovers most vexing questions: How do mussels make babies? How does life underwater thrive in complete darkness? How do hermaphroditic animals make babies? Do we know how many species exist in the world? And perhaps most vexing of all: are red tides red?

Executive produced by Meigan Henry
Series produced by Kristina Blanchflower and Katrina Pyne
Illustrations by Mercedes Minck
Science consultation provided by Kelly Fretwell and Josh Silberg