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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The site is home to important breeding populations of the endangered southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern sea
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Marine World Heritage Photo Gallery

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Anemone porcelain crabs can avoid predators by not only living in anemones but by willing loosing appendages to avoid infection.
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The Porcelain Crab

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The velvet crab's aggressive nature has earned it the nickname devil's crab.
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The Velvet Swimming Crab

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The blue lined octopus can be deadly, so it is best to stay away.
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The Dangerous Blue Octopus

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A birds eye view of an estuary
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Estuary: a storm buffer

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Instead of creating sculptures like this one, volunteers with Debris Free Bonaire collect and throw out trash. As of May 2014, the group has removed more than 5,650 cubic feet of marine plastic from Bonaire's eastern coastline!
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Cleaning Bonaire's Beaches

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Microscopic beach dweller in the sand.
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Organisms Beneath the Sand

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grains of sand collected from Orient Point, Long Island, NY
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Sand from Orient Point, Long Island, New York

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Sea star in a tide pool
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Tide Pools and Adaptations

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A shining jingle shell on the sand.
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Jingle Shells

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Coral Sand
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Coral Sand Under a Microscope

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