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Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

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Coelacanth

a red lionfish

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Lionfish on the Loose

A lionfish dish is laid out and ready to eat.

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Swap Your Turkey for a “Turkeyfish” This Thanksgiving

A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

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Celebrating Marine Moms

Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory

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Five Questions for Carole Baldwin

Home is where the hull is: Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with pesky creatures, such as barnacles, that “foul” ship hulls and boat propellers like this one.

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No Fouling Around

Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.

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Helpful Herbivores

"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris

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Chasing a Basking Shark

a hairy frogfish with a dark background

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Anglerfish Lure Prey Throughout the Ocean

Overfishing is leading to an abundance of less desirable species like jellyfish.

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Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

an elephant seal with a tracker

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Citizens of the High Seas

Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish