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Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.

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Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean

An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.

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“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Coral Reefs Need You

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

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A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.

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Reef Rescue: Protect Coral Reefs with Your Actions

The 2012 Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center dive class stand in a group together

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Scuba Diving Course a Success for IBRC Students

yarn artwork of coral

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Webcast: Stories from the Reef

Wooden painted fish on a school fence.

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Chinook Salmon: One Species at a Time

Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.

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Teens Take Action on the Ocean & Climate

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Coral Reefs Need You

A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.

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Be Kind to the Beach

Tiny jellies in a petri dish.

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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.

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Learning from a Sea of Teachers

Screenshot from video of someone demonstrating light painting.

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Light Painting Tutorial

Polar bear siblings in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area near Hudson Bay spar playfully during migration.

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Help us pick the next OP stars

A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth

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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence